indult
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of indult
1525–35; < Medieval Latin indultum noun use of neuter of indultus, past participle of indulgēre to indulge
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Under the U.S. indult, which will remain in force until the new code goes into effect, perhaps by 1983, annulments are handled by a local church tribunal.
From Time Magazine Archive
On procedure, the U.S. operates under a temporary dispensation called an indult.
From Time Magazine Archive
The indult was granted by Pope Paul VI in 1969 as an experiment, because the American hierarchy requested help on its huge backlog of cases.
From Time Magazine Archive
The abbey had been so impoverished by war that the Abbot begged for a papal indult permitting him to stand godfather to forty children of noble or wealthy families.”
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
Without publication of the banns, on an indult.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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