In zoology, cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism is a common ecological […]

Use (a machine) as a source of spare parts for another, similar machine.

A method of preserving food in which the food is processed and sealed in an airtight container. The process was first developed as a French military discovery by Nicolas Appert […]

1. A law, rule, or ordinance In general, and of the church in particular . An ecclesiastical law or statute.

A body of ecclesiastical jurisprudence which, in countries where the Roman Catholic church is established, is composed of maxims and rules drawn from patristic sources, ordinances and decrees of general […]

In ecclesiastical records. A book wherein the religious of every greater convent had a fair transcript of the rules of their order, frequently read among them as their local statutes. […]

Pertaining to, or in conformity to, the canons of the church.

This term is like impotence and means the inability to have intercourse .

That duty which a clergyman owes to the bishop who ordained him, to the bishop in whose diocese he is beneficed, and also to the metropolitan of such bishop. Wharton.

In old English law . A canon. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 69,

One versed and skilled in the canon law; a professor of ecclesiastical law .

In English ecclesiastical law . An ecclesiastical benefice, attaching to the office of canon. Holthouse.

The system of fundamental rules and maxims which are recognized as governing the construction or interpretation of written instruments.

The legal rules by which inheritances are regulated, and according to which estates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir.

The legal rules by which inheritances are regulated. and according to which estates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 208. 3. A dignitary […]

In the civil law . A method of dividing property held in common by two or more joint owners. See Hayes v. Cuny, 9 Mart. O. S. (La.) 87.

A lump, or that which is added above measure; also a piece of anything, as “cantel of bread,” or the like. Blount.

In English ecclesiastical law . The primate of all England; the chief ecclesiastical dignitary in the church. His customary privilege is to crown the kings and queens of England; while […]

Security by means of bonds or pledges entered into by third parties.’ Du Cange.

Security given by an heir or legatee, in order to obtain immediate possession of the inheritance or legacy, binding him and his surety for his observance of a condition annexed […]

Security given by pledge, or deposit, as plate, money, or other goods.

Security for costs , charges, or expenses.

Security, which tenants for life give, to preserve the property rented free from waste and injury. Ersk. Inst. 2, 9, 59.

A district comprising a hundred villages; a hundred. A term used in Wales in the same sense as “hundred” is in England. Cowell; Termes de la Ley .

In feudal law. A species of duty or tribute payable from tenant to lord, usually consisting of produce of the land.