PARTIBUS
\pˈɑːtɪbəs], \pˈɑːtɪbəs], \p_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_b_ə_s]\
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par'ti-bus, n. in Scots law, a note on the margin of a summons, giving name and designation of the pursuer.--IN PARTIBUS INFIDELIUM, a phrase applying formerly to bishops who were merely titular, without regular jurisdiction, their function to assist some other bishop or to act as delegates of the Pope where no hierarchy had as yet been established.
By Thomas Davidson
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