Law Dictionary Definitions

sacrilegium (sak-r<<schwa>>-lee-jee-<<schwa>>m), n. [Latin fr. sacer “sacred” + legere “to steal”] Roman law. 1. The theft of a sacred thing. • This was usu. a capital offense. See CAPITALIS. 2. Violation of an imperial law. “In the later Empire the conception of sacrilegium was somewhat distorted and those ‘who through ignorance or negligence confound, violate…

sacrilege (sak-r<<schwa>>-lij).1. The act or an instance of desecrating or profaning a sacred thing. 2.Hist. Larceny of sacred objects, as from a church. [Blacks Law 8th]

sacramentum decisionis (sak-r<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m di-sizh-ee-oh-nis). [Latin “the oath of decision”] Civil law. The offer by one party to accept the opposing party’s oath as decisive of the issues involved in a lawsuit. Pl. sacramenta decisionis. “The defendant or person accused was … to make oath of his own innocence, and to produce a certain number of…

SACRAMENTO. 2. An oath of allegiance given by a soldier upon enlistment. [Blacks Law 8th]

sacramentum (sak-r<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin “an oath”] Roman law. [Blacks Law 8th]

sacramento (sak-r<<schwa>>-men-toh), n. [Latin “by oath”] Roman law. A legal action in the earliest form of civil procedure in which, at its commencement, each of the contending parties deposited or gave security for a certain sum (called the sacramentum), which the loser forfeited to the public. — Also termed legis actio sacramento. See LEGIS ACTIO.…

sacramentalis (sak-r<<schwa>>-men-tay-lis), n. pl.[Law Latin fr. Latin sacramentum “an oath-taker”] Hist. A compurgator; one who takes an oath swearing to a defendant’s innocence. Pl. sacramentales, (sak-r<<schwa>>-men-tay-leez). [Blacks Law 8th]

sacramentum fidelitatis (sak-r<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m fi-del-<<schwa>>-tay-tis). [Law Latin] Hist. The oath of fidelity, given by a vassal to a lord. [Blacks Law 8th]

sacer (sas-<<schwa>>r), adj.[Latin “sacred; forfeited to a god”] Roman law. (Of an outlaw or a wrongdoer) punished by being placed outside the law’s protection. See CONSECRATIO CAPITIS; OUTLAWRY. [Blacks Law 8th]

sac,n. See SOC. [Blacks Law 8th]