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 week. Moreover, any contracts that he may enter into or crimes that he may commit subject him to the laws of the country where he is staying in those respects (Can. 14).

Homeless people (vagi) are bound by the general and particular laws which are in force in the place where they are staying (Can. 14, sec. 2).

Regulars and their monasteries are exempt from episcopal authority, and so in general are not subject to the laws made by the Bishops for their dioceses. There are, however, many exceptions to this general rule, for in spite of their exemption regulars have in special cases been subjected by the Holy See to the ordinary or else delegated authority of diocesan Bishops. The special cases are treated of by canonists (Can. 615).