| 单词 | legal man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegal man legal man n. now historical [compare post-classical Latin legalis homo (from 12th cent. in British sources)] : a man who has full legal rights, being neither outlawed, excommunicated, nor disqualified from appearing in courts of law. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal capacity > [noun] > legal person > person with full legal rights inlawc1250 legal person1618 society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > [noun] > person with rights in legal person1618 1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 128 Twelue Knights or Legall men are chosen in euery shire, vpon their Oath, to disparte the old forests from the new. 1731 T. Gurdon Hist. High Court Parl. I. i. 80 He [sc. Edward I] issued out Writs to two Commissioners in every County, to inquire by twelve legal Men, what were his own Royalties and Prerogatives of his Crown. 1813 J. Lyon Hist. Town & Port Dover I. xii. 237 The bailiff then appointed twelve legal men, of the town, to take a view of the premises. 2007 G. Barak Violence, Confl., & World Order I. 4 By a law of Henry II, in 1164, it was directed that the sheriff shall make 12 legal men from the neighborhood to swear that they will make known the truth according to their conscience. < as lemmas |
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