Search results for: “clergy”
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Convocation
An assembly of the clergy to consult upon ecclesiastical matters.
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Convocation
An assembly of the clergy to consult upon ecclesiastical matters.
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Estate
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estate Meaning of Estate The degree, quantity, nature and extent of interest which a person has in real property is usually referred to as an estate and it varies from absolute ownership down to naked […]
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Estate
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estate Meaning of Estate The degree, quantity, nature and extent of interest which a person has in real property is usually referred to as an estate and it varies from absolute ownership down to naked […]
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Court Of Convocation
In English ecclesiastical law. A convocation or ecclesiastical synod, which is in the nature of an ecclesiastical parliament. There is one for each province. They are composed, respectively, of the archbishop. all the bishops, deans, and archdeacons of their province, with one proctor, or […]
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Treason
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Treason Meaning of Treason The act of levying war against the United States or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort . See United States federal constitution , article III, Section 3, […]
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Legit Vel Non?
Does he read or not? The question asked of the ordinary on the trial, whether a prisoner claiming benefit of clergy could read. 1 Salk. 61. …
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Gravamen
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Gravamen Meaning of Gravamen The material part of a grievance , charge or complaint . Gravamen Alternative Definition (Lat.) The grievance complained of; […]
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Gravamen
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Gravamen Meaning of Gravamen The material part of a grievance , charge or complaint . Gravamen Alternative Definition (Lat.) The grievance complained of; […]
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Clerk
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clerk Meaning of Clerk (Latin Clericus) Originally the term meant a man of letters, a learned man, hence the reference to a member of the clergy as a clerk. However, in modern times, the term has a wide […]
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Layman
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Layman Meaning of Layman Strictly, a person who is not a member of the clergy ; also means a person who is not of a profession such as physicians, dentists, clergymen, lawyers, engineers, etc. Sometimes […]
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Layman
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Layman Meaning of Layman Strictly, a person who is not a member of the clergy ; also means a person who is not of a profession such as physicians, dentists, clergymen, lawyers, engineers, etc. Sometimes […]
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Sequestrari Facias
A writ issued for the purpose of enforcing a judgment against a beneficed clergyman when a fi. fa. has been issued and returned Tiulla bona. It commands the bishop of the diocese to enter into the benefice, and sequester the rents, tithes, and profits until the debt is satisfied. The […]
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Deprivation
In ecclesiastical law , means the removal from a clergyman any preferment that he then holds and disqualification from holding any other preferment in the future. Taking of property , rights or privileges from a person .
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Deprivation
In ecclesiastical law , means the removal from a clergyman any preferment that he then holds and disqualification from holding any other preferment in the future. Taking of property , rights or privileges from a person .