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Extravagantes

Noun

Meaning

Extravagantes pl (plural only)

(Christianity) Within the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, those papal decretals not contained in certain canonical collections which possess a special authority.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

In 1569, Sebastian ordered Duarte Nunes de Leão to compile all the laws and legal documents of the kingdom in a collection of Leis Extravagantes known as Código Sebastiânico (Sebastian’s code). Source: Internet

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