DEPREDATION
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
In ecclesiastical law. The act of depriving a clergyman, by a competent tribunal, of his clerical orders, to punish him for some offense and to prevent his acting in future in his clerical character. Ayl. Par. 206... -
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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