at Oxford, 41 Hen. III., so styled from the madress of their proceedings, and because the lords came with armed men to it, and contentions grew very high between the king, lo and commons, whereby many extraordinary things were done. Jacob.Parliamentum re- Hgiosoruam. In most convents there has been a common room into which the brethren withdrew for conversation; conferences there being termed “parliamentum.” Likewise, the societies of the two temples, or inns of court, call that assembly of the benchers or governors wherein they confer upon the common affairs of their several houses a “parliament.” Jacob.

Lat. In the civil law. Parricide; the murder of a parent. Dig. 48, 9, 9