Definition of DISPENSATION in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DISPENSATION
An exemption from some laws; a permission to do something forbidden; an allowance to omit something commanded; the canonistic name for a license. Sweeney v. Independent Order of Foresters, 190 App.Div. 787, 181 N.Y.S. 4, 5.
A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an individual. In the United States, no power exists, except in the legislature, to dispense with law; and then it is not so much a dispensation as a change of the law.
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