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This impediment, termed in Latin defectus lenitatis, makes those persons irregular who voluntarily, actively, and proximately take part with sanction of public authority in the lawful killing or mutilating of another.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Hence this irregularity is technically called defectus sacramenti (i.e. matrimonii).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Quo minus autem fructus in commune conferrentur, primum obstitit locorum, in quae homines discesserunt, distantia, deinde justitiae et amoris defectus, per quem fiebat, ut nee in labore, nee in consumtione fructuum, quae debebat, aequalitas servaretur.
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Curia eius optime ordinatur per denarios, centenarios, et millenarios, et taliter quòd quilibet in suo ordine peragit officium sibi deputatum, nec aliquis defectus reperitur.
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Et si forte inueniatur defectus in aliquo balliuorum vel ministrorum pr鎑ictorum, vnde ijdem mercatores vel eorum aliquis dilationis incommoda sustinuerint vel sustineant, licet mercator versus partem in principali recuperauerit damna sua, nihilominus balliuus vel minister alius versus nos, prout delictum exigit puniatur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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* Ecclesia sicut luna defectus habet, et ortus frequentes; sed defectibus suis crevit, etc.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Me uero primum dulces ante omnia Musae, quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore, accipiant caelique uias et sidera monstrent, 20 defectus solis uarios lunaeque labores; unde tremor terris, qua ui maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant, quid tantum Oceano properent se tingere soles hiberni, uel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
'God made the country but man made the town' Vergil 1912
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* Laus virtutis in voluntate consistit, non autem in potestate, et ideo deficere ab aequalitate, quae est medium justitiae propter defectum potestatis non diminuit laudem virtutis, si non fuerit defectus ex parte voluntatis.
The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910
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Nam deteriora uelle nostri fuerit fortasse defectus, posse contra innocentiam, quae sceleratus quisque conceperit inspectante deo, monstri simile est.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Pelagianos, qui negant peccatum originis, et sentiunt defectus illos seu concupiscentiam esse res indifferentes seu poenas tantum, nec esse res sua natura domnatas, et somniant hominem legi Dei satisfacere posse, et propter hanc propriam obedientiam coram Deo justum pronunciari.
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