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Measure [fr. mensura, Lat.], that by which anything is measured; the rule by which anything is adjusted or proportioned. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and DISTANCE. s. 13 (1) of the Weights and Measures Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 28), enacts that the denomination of a length measure must be stamped upon it, s. 28 of the Act of 1878 having already prescribed the stamping upon a measure of capacity. The 25th chapter of Magna Charta prescribes one measure of wine, ale, and corn 'though our realm.'Also an enactment of the National Assembly of the Church of England (q.v.)...
Congregationalism
That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church...
Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland. The authority and jurisdiction of the Pope were abolished in 1567, and since then, except for some intervals of first, Presbytery has been the form of Church Government in Scotland. The Church has independent power to legislate and to adjudicate finally in all matters of doctrine, worship, government, and discipline within itself. Its Supreme Court is the General Assembly, which consists of ministers and elders elected by the Presbyteries, Universities, and the Royal Burghs and by the Church in India. Its sittings are attended by a Lord High Commissioner, representing the King, and it is presided over by a Moderator, who is nominated each year by a selection committee. The tenure of ecclesiastical property and endowments was reorganized by the Church of Scotland (Property and Endowments) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 33), the general effect of which was to transfer all ecclesiastical property and endowments, as well as the responsibility, for their maintenance and c...
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The established Church of Scotland. See Will. 1 & Mary, c. 5, the Union of Scotland Act, 1706 (6 Ann. C. 11), and Free Church of Scotland (General Assembly) v. Overtoun (Lord), 1904, AC 515....
Vestry, or vestiary
Vestry, or vestiary, a place or room adjoining to a church, where the vestments of the minister are kept; also, a parochial assembly commonly convened in the vestry, to transact the parish business. By custom in some parishes, and by the (adoptive) Vestries Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4 c. 60), in others, a select number of parishioners was chosen yearly to manage the concerns of the parish for that year. They were called a Select Vestry.The non-ecclesiastical functions of vestries are now exercised by borough and urban district councils under orders of the Ministry of Health: see (English) Local Government act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), and Local Govt. Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), and in rural parishes by the parish council or meeting (ibid.). As to the ecclesiastical functions in England (election of churchwardens), see Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, No. 1), s. 13. This measure transferred all such ecclesiastical functions, except ecclesiastical ch...
Assembly, General
Assembly, General [fr. simul, Lat., together; hence ensemble, assembler, Fr., to draw together], the highest ecclesiastical Court in Scotland, composed of a representation of the ministers and elders of the church. Consult Encyc. Of Scots Law...
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
Clergy
Clergy [fr. clerge, Fr.; clerus, Lat.], the assembly or body of clerks or ecclesiastics set apart from the rest of the people or laity to superintend the public worship of God and the other ceremonies of religion, and to administer spiritual counsel and instruction.--The clergy were before the Reformation divided into (1) regular, who lived under certain rules, being of some religious order, and were called men of religion, or the religious, such as abbots, priors, monks, etc.; and (2) secular, who did not live under any certain rules of the religious orders, as bishops, deans, parsons, etc. Now the term comprehends all persons in holy orders and in ecclesiastical offices, viz., archbishops, bishops, deans and chapters, archdeacons, rural deans, parsons (either rectors or vicars) and curates, to which may be added parish clerks. The clergy are exempt from serving on juries; restrained from farming more than 80 acres, except with the sanction of the bishop, and cannot carryon any trade....
Dedication-day
Dedication-day [festum dedicationis, Lat.], the feast of dedication of churches, or rather the feast-day of the saint and patron of a church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of a place, but by those of all the neighbouring villages who usually came thither, and such assemblies were allowed as lawful. It was usual for the people to feast and to drink on those days, Cowel...
Dissenters
Dissenters, Protestant seceders from the Established Church. They are of many denominations, principally Presbyterians, Independents or Congregationalists, Methodists, and Baptists; but as to Church government the Baptists are Independents.The penal laws, for the enforcement of legal uniformity, have been abrogated. The (English) Toleration Act, 1 W. & M. st. 1, c. 18, extended to Unitarians by 53 Geo. 3, c. 160, first allowed dissenters to assemble for religious worship according to their own forms in places of meeting duly certified; as to such places, see now 18 & 19 Vict. c. 81, and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 119, ss. 17, 27. The (English) Dissenters Chapels Act, 1844 (see that title), provided for meeting-houses; and the (English) Trustees Appointment Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 28), commonly called (English) Peto's Act, amended by the (English) Trustees Appointment Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 19), provides for facilities in regard to the appointment of trustees andthe title to lands purcha...
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