What does «dispensa» mean in Spanish?
- Exception and the paper on which it consists.
- Exemption, exoneration, permission.
- In Religion, privilege, exception from what is ordained granted by the Pope or by a bishop. Example: papal dispensation.
- In canon law, relaxation or non-application of ecclesiastical law in a special or particular case. The cause for the dispensation must always be just and reasonable; but in case of doubt as to the sufficiency of the motivating cause, both the petition and the concession are valid and licit.
- In law, exemption from a burden, formality or condition, granted to a certain person by law or by decision of a public authority, for particular considerations, more or less just. The dispensation constitutes, strictly speaking, a legal non-compliance with the law, for certain specific cases. It must be differentiated from other voices of law such as absolution (infringement of a law and pardon granted by the corresponding authority), excuse (exception foreseen in generality by the legislator), license (allows to do something in an indeterminate way in relation to persons), tolerance (does not recognize the legal and moral character of the facts, does not create a right), irritation (considers the public interest in relieving a right).
- Instrument, writing or document containing the waiver.