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tonsure (iou) and PETITION OF RIGHT, Eng (law)


tonsure (iou)



tonsure noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin tonsura, from tons- pa. ppl stem of tondere shear, clip: see -URE.]
A. noun.
The action or process of clipping the hair or shaving the head; the state of being shorn. LME.
spec. The shaving of the head or part of it as a religious practice or rite, esp. as a preparation to entering the clergy or a religious order. LME.
b. The part of a priest's or monk's head left bare by shaving the hair, in the Western Christian church typically a round patch on the crown. LME.
The clipping of coins, or of shrubs or hedges; the state of being clipped. rare. L15-L17.
b. verb trans. Clip or shave the hair of; usu. spec. give a tonsure to; fig. make bald-headed. L18.
tonsurate noun (Ecclesiastical History) the state or quality of being tonsured, esp. in preparation for orders L19.
tonsured adjective that has received the (ecclesiastical) tonsure; fig. partly bald; (of a shrub) clipped: E18.

PETITION OF RIGHT, Eng (law)


PETITION OF RIGHT, Eng. law. When the crown is in possession, or any title is vested in it which is claimed by a subject, as no suit can be brought is vested in it which is claimed by a subject, as no suit can be brought against the king, the subject is allowed to file in chancery a petition of against the king, the subject is allowed to file in chancery a petition of right to the king. right to the king. 2. This is in the, Nature of an action against a subject, in which the 2. This is in the, Nature of an action against a subject, in which the petitioner sets out his right to that which is demanded by him, and prays petitioner sets out his right to that which is demanded by him, and prays the king to do him right and justice; and, upon a due and lawful trial of the king to do him right and justice; and, upon a due and lawful trial of the right, to make him restitution. It is called a petition of right, the right, to make him restitution. It is called a petition of right, because the king is bound of right to answer it, and let the matter therein because the king is bound of right to answer it, and let the matter therein contained be determined in a legal way, in like manner as causes between contained be determined in a legal way, in like manner as causes between subject and subject. The petition is presented to the king, who subscribes subject and subject. The petition is presented to the king, who subscribes it, with these words, soit droit fait al partie, and thereupon it is it, with these words, soit droit fait al partie, and thereupon it is delivered to the chancellor to be executed according to law. Coke' s Entr. delivered to the chancellor to be executed according to law. Coke' s Entr. 419, 422 b; Mitf. Eq. Pl. 30, 31; Coop. Eq. Pl. 22, 23. 419, 422 b; Mitf. Eq. Pl. 30, 31; Coop. Eq. Pl. 22, 23.