exemption (egzempshon)

[F.exemption = Pr. exemptio = Sp. exencion = Pg. exempção = It. esenzione, exempt; freedom from some undesirable requirement or condition; immunity; dispensation: as, exemption from servitude; exemption from taxation. All Laws both of God and Man are made without ex emption of any person whomsoever. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xxviii. The Roman laws gave particular exemptions to such as built ships or traded in corn. Arbuthnot , Anc. Coins. 2064 The Mahh'mil is borne by a fine tall camel, which is generally indulged with exemption from every kind of labour during the remainder of its life. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 182. 2. In the Rom. Cath. Ch., a regulation through which places or individuals are brought directly under the control of the Holy See, instead of being subject to the authority of the diocesan bishop.