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ARTICULI

Categories: Criminal Law

Definition (1910 Edition)

Origin: Historical

Lat. Articles; items or heads. <A term applied to some old English statutes, and occasionally to treatises. —Artieuli cleri. Articles of the clergy, (g. v.)—Articnli de moneta. Articles concerning money, or the currency. The title of a statute passed in the twentieth year of Edward I. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 228; Crabb, Eng. Law, ae Ed.) 167.—Articuli Magness Charts. The preliminary articles, forty-nine in number, upon which the Magna Charta was founded.—Articuli super chartas. Articles upon the charters. The title of a statute passed in the twenty-eighth year of Edward I. st. 3, confirming or enlarging many particulars in Magna Charta, and the Cherta de Foresta, and appointing a method for enforcing the observyance of them, and for the punishment of offenders. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 103, 233.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.