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  2. Motu proprio - Wikipedia

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    In law, motu proprio (Latin for 'on his own impulse') describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party. Some jurisdictions use the term sua sponte for the same concept. In Catholic canon law , it refers to a document issued by the pope on his own initiative and personally signed by him. [ 1 ]

  3. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Refers to a court or other official agency taking some action on its own accord (synonyms: ex proprio motu, ex mero motu). Similar to sua sponte. supersedeas: refrain from A bond tendered by an appellant as surety to the court, requesting a delay of payment for awards or damages granted, pending the outcome of the appeal. suppressio veri

  4. Decree (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    A decree (Latin: decretum, from decerno, 'I judge') is, in a general sense, an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others. In the usage of the canon law of the Catholic Church, it has various meanings. Any papal bull, brief, or motu proprio is a decree inasmuch as these documents are legislative acts of the pope. In ...

  5. Omnium in mentem - Wikipedia

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    Omnium in mentem (To everyone's attention) is the incipit of a motu proprio of 26 October 2009, published on 15 December of the same year, by which Pope Benedict XVI modified five canons of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, two concerning the sacrament of holy orders, the other three being related to the sacrament of marriage.

  6. List of motu proprios - Wikipedia

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    Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2016-08-15) [24] Segreteria Comunicazione: Francis: 2015: Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2015-06-27) [25] Statuti Segreteria Per Economia: Francis: 2015: Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2015-02-22) [26] Statuto Aif: Francis: 2013: Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2013-11-15 ...

  7. Category:Motu proprio - Wikipedia

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  8. 1983 Code of Canon Law - Wikipedia

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    On 26 October 2009 Pope Benedict XVI issued the motu proprio Omnium in Mentem, which amended five canons (1008, 1009, 1086, 1117, 1124) of the 1983 Code of Canon Law clarifying that, among those in Holy Orders, only bishops and priests received the power and mission to act in the person of Christ the Head while deacons obtained the faculty to ...

  9. Jurisprudence of Catholic canon law - Wikipedia

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    A motu proprio may be addressed to the whole Church, to part of it, or to some individuals. [17] A document issued motu proprio has its legal effect even if the reasons given for its issuance are found to be false or fraudulent, a fact which would normally render the document invalid. Its validity is based on its issuance by the pope by his own ...