OBEDIENC

1 definition found

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  OBEDIENCE. The performance of a command.
       2. Officers who obey the command of their superiors, having 
  jurisdiction of the subject-matter, are not responsible for their acts. A 
  sheriff may therefore justify a trespass under an execution, when the court 
  has jurisdiction, although irregularly issued. 3 Chit. Pr. 75; Ham. N. P. 
  48. 


       3. A child, an apprentice, a pupil, a mariner, and a soldier, owe 
  respectively obedience to the lawful commands of the parent, the master, the 
  teacher, the captain of the ship, and the military officer having command; 
  and in case of disobedience, submission may be enforced by correction. 
  (q.v.)