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Established; organized; founded.

To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.

To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.

To nominate; to appoint.

To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

The act of instituting; institution.

That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.

Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n.

An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.

The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Established; organized; founded.

To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.

To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.

To nominate; to appoint.

To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

The act of instituting; institution.

That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.

Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n.

The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.

To establish; set up; fix; originate; set in operation; as, to institute a new custom.

Established law; a maxim or principle; scientific or literary society; a building for the work of advancing science, etc.

1. An association of persons for a definite purpose, especially for the performance of literary or scientific work or teaching. 2. An institution.

To set up in: to erect: to originate: to establish: to appoint: to commence: to educate.

Anything instituted or formally established: established law: precept or principle: a book of precepts or principles: an institution: a literary and philosophical society.

Established law; a literary establishment.

To originate; establish.

To establish; set in operation; originate.

An institution, as of learning.

Fundamental principles.

Anything instituted; established law; settled order; precept or principle; a society established for some scientific or literary object; a book of principles, especially in jurisprudence or medicine.

To set up in; to establish; to ordain; to found; to originate; to educate; to commence; to invest with the spiritual part of a benefice.

To commence or set in operation; to found or originate; to establish; to invest with the spiritual part of a benefice.

Established law; settled order; a literary or philosophical society.

A book of elements or principles; a commentary.

n. Any thing instituted ; established law; settled order,—precept; maxim; principle; —an institution ; a literary or philosophical society; pl. A book of elements or principles ; a treatise ; a commentary—applied to certain standard works in theology, medicine, and jurisprudence.

Established law, settled order; precept, maxim, principle.