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Abbacy

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Abbacy [fr. Abbatia, or abbathia, Lat.], the government of a religious house and the revenues thereof, subject to an abbot, as a bishopric is to a bishop, Cowel. The rights and privileges of an abbot.

Is an abbato's jurisdiction or term of tenure, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 3.

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