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  • Advowson

    A right of presentation to a church or benefice. He who possesses this right is called the patron or advocate. When there is no patron, or he neglects to exercise his right within six months, it is called a lapse, and a title is given to the ordinary to […]

  • Advowson

    A right of presentation to a church or benefice. He who possesses this right is called the patron or advocate. When there is no patron, or he neglects to exercise his right within six months, it is called a lapse, and a title is given to the ordinary to […]

  • Consistory

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Consistory Meaning of Consistory In ecclesiastical law. An assembly of cardinals convoked by the pope. The consistory is either public or secret. It is public when the pope receives princes or gives […]

  • Sedes

    Concept of “Sedes” Traditional meaning of sedes in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A see; the dignity of a bishop. Resources Notes and References Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and […]

  • Sedes

    Concept of “Sedes” Traditional meaning of sedes in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A see; the dignity of a bishop. Resources Notes and References Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and […]

  • Decretals

    In ecclesiastical law. Canonical epistles, written by the pope alone, or by the pope and cardinals at the instance or suit of one or more persons, -for the ordering and determining some matter in controversy, and which have the authority of a law in themselves. The decretals were […]

  • Decretals

    In ecclesiastical law. Canonical epistles, written by the pope alone, or by the pope and cardinals at the instance or suit of one or more persons, -for the ordering and determining some matter in controversy, and which have the authority of a law in themselves. The decretals were […]

  • Peculiar

    While the word sometimes has an offensive meaning, its natural and usual meaning is particular or special. St. Louis M.& S.E.R. Co. v Continental Brick Co., 96 S. W. 1011, 198 Mo. 698.

  • Commission

    An authority to do some act, such as the authority of an agent to enter into a contract or the authority of an officer to hold the office or title . An amount payable to an agent upon the agent performing the act contracted for. Usually expressed in terms of a percentage , but […]

  • Presentation

    In ecclesiastical law. The act of a patron offering his clerk to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted in a church or benefice. …

  • Court Of Arches

    (Law Lat. curia de arcubus). In English ecclesiastical law. A court of appeal, and of original jurisdiction. The most ancient consistory court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury for the trial of spiritual causes, the judge of which is called the dean of the arches, […]

  • Chapter

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Chapter Meaning of Chapter In ecclesiastical law , the body of clergy connected with a cathedral to assist the bishop in the administration of matters relating to the church . <div […]

  • Chapter

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Chapter Meaning of Chapter In ecclesiastical law , the body of clergy connected with a cathedral to assist the bishop in the administration of matters relating to the church . <div […]

  • Quare

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Quare Meaning of Quare (Lat.) In pleading. Wherefore. This word is sometimes used in the writ in certain actions, but is inadmissible in a material averment in the pleadings, for it is merely […]

  • Episcopacy

    In ecclesiastical law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office or condition of a bishop. …