Leases, Ecclesiastical - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition leases-ecclesiastical

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Leases, Ecclesiastical. Leases by ecclesiastical corporations are made under certain restrictions imposed by statutes of which the principal one is the (English) Ecclesiastical Leasing Act,1842, and see (English) Agric. Holdings Act, 1923, ss. 20 and 26. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Lease (Ecclesiastical)'; Woodfall, 'Landlord and Tenant.'