TURPIS
Categories: Constitutional
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: Civil Law
bars, for the purpose of taking toll, and of re-
Lat. In the civil law. Base; mean; vile: disgraceful; infamous; unlawful. Applied both to things and persons. Calvin.
Lat. In the civil law. Base; mean; vile: disgraceful; infamous; unlawful. Applied both to things and persons. Calvin.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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