Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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proclamation of recusants

Hist. A proclamation by which persons who willfully absented themselves from church could be convicted on nonappearance at the assizes.

recusant

n. 1. Eccles. law. A person (esp. a Roman Catholic) who refuses to attend the services of the established Church of England. 2. A person who refuses to submit to an authority or comply with a command.