Azo
Overview page. Subjects: History of Law — Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
(d. after 1229) Law professor at Bologna for thirty years, ranked as the most influential law teacher of his time.
Authoritative medieval commentaries on civil and canon law...
bestiality
Overview page. Subjects: Law — Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
Anal or vaginal intercourse by a man or a woman with an animal. Intercourse with an animal is an offence contrary to s 69 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. See also animal cruelty.
civil law
Overview page. Subjects: Law — Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
Clarendon, Sir Roger (c. 1350–1402), royal bastard and conspirator
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Irish History; British History; Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500); Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice. 769 words.
Clarendon, Sir Roger (c. 1350–1402), royal bastard and conspirator, was the natural son of Edward, the Black Prince (1330–1376), and his mistress (concubina), Edith Willesford. He was...
codicil
Overview page. Subjects: Law — Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
A document amending an existing will. The codicil refers to and confirms the will as amended (a form of incorporation by reference). It must be executed in the same manner as a will....
custom
Overview page. Subjects: Law — Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
A pattern or habit of action. A custom may exist without any specific basis in reason, but can itself form the basis for rational action, if the custom gives rise to a norm of action. See...
delict
Overview page. Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500) — Law.
In Scottish and civil law systems, a type of civil wrong in the nature of a tort (e.g. for product liability claims). Liability in delict (delictual liability), like tortuous liability ...
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fideicommissum
Overview page. Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500) — History of Law.
(‘trust’) Since Roman law required testators to set aside a fixed portion of their estate for their children, a fideicommissum addressed to the heir entreated him to grant the testator’s ...
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immunity
Overview page. Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500) — Law.
N.
Freedom or exemption from legal proceedings. Examples include the immunity of the sovereign personally from all legal proceedings (see royal prerogative); the immunity of...
Irnerius
Overview page. Subjects: History of Law — Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
(c.1055–d. in or after 1125) Legist, teacher, glossator.
Possibly of German origin, Irnerius is often credited with the revived study of Roman law in the early 12th century. He...