spoliatory (spoliator i)

[ spolium (spō'li-um), n.; pl. spolia (-a). [ML. use of L. spolium, spoil: see spoil.] "In eccles. law, the property of a beneficed ecclesiastic which could not be legally disposed of by will at death. - Jus spolii, originally, the right claimed in the middle ages by those present at the deathbed of a beneficed ecclesiastic to seize and carry off any portable property of the deceased. This led to such scandals that finally the right was vested by papal constitutions in the church, and all spolia belong to the papal treasury. spont, n. A Middle English form of spoon1. spondaic (spon-dā'ik), a. [ -|-|-~|-∞|- -| Spondyl us lowish-green fruit is known as wild mango, or amra, and is eaten parboiled or pickled or made into curries. Spondieæ (spon-di'e-e), n. pl. [NL. (Bentham and Hooker, 1862),