单词 | significavit |
释义 | significavitn. Ecclesiastical Law. Now historical. A form of writ employed in ecclesiastical cases; spec. one issued by Chancery for the arrest of an excommunicated person. Also: the bishop's certificate on which such a writ is based. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > writ > [noun] > significavit significavitc1405 society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > writ > [noun] > significavit > certificate on which writ is based significavit1559 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 662 Of cursyng oghte ech gilty man drede..And also war hym of a Significauit. 1559 T. Phaer Boke of Presidentes (new ed.) 14 b The fourme of a Sygnyficauit to the Metropolytane of the prouins vpon a newe foundacyon of a byshopriche. 1562–3 Act 5 Eliz. c. 23 §6 After any Significavit being of Recorde in the sayd Courte of Chancerie, the tenour of suche Significavit by Mittimus shalbee sent [etc.]. 1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. F No, no I say, if it bee for defect of Apparance, take me out a speciall Significauit. 1658 J. Bramhall Schisme Garded i. ix. 168 The weapons of the Church are Spirituall, not worldly, not externall: But Citations, and Compulsories, and Significavits..Are Weapons of this world, and tend to externall Coaction. 1714 Bp G. Burnet Hist. Reformation III. iii. v. 261 He sent a Significavit of some Heretics to be delivered to the Secular Arm. 1767 R. Burn Eccl. Law (ed. 2) II. 206 At the common law, a certificate of the bishop, whereupon a significavit was to be granted, ought to express the cause. 1824 Times 25 Nov. The significavit did not specify any place of residence to which she could resort. 1881 Daily News 17 Jan. 5/1 The first point taken..was that the Judge..had no power to enforce obedience to an inhibition issued under the Act by the process of significavit. 1920 Edinb. Rev. July 154 Should a person, thus excommunicated..persist unrepentant for forty days, the secular arm was invoked, and a letter of Significavit was sent for his imprisonment. 2000 S. M. Waddams Sexual Slander 19th-cent. Eng. iv. 76 In the diocese of York, significavits were issued in 15 per cent of all defamation cases..during the period 1815–55. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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