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Arches, Court of
Seal by 25 Hen. 8, c. 19, as supreme head of the English Church, instead of to the Bishop of Rome, who originally exercised the jurisdiction; but the Judicial Committee Acts of 1832 and 1833 (2 &
Clergy
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,
Clerical subscription
person about to be ordained priest or deacon shall, before ordination, in the presence of the archbishop or bishop by whom he is about to be ordained, make the following 'Declaration of Assent': I assent to the
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Collation to a benefice
Collation to a benefice, where the bishop and patron are one and the same person, in which case the bishop cannot present the clergyman to
Collatione facta uni post mortem alterius
alterius, a writ directed to justices of the Common Pleas, commanding them to direct their writ to a bishop, for the admitting a clerk in the place of another presented by the King, who during the suit
Canon law
it is unlawful for any minister to attempt to cast out devils, except with the licence of the bishop of the diocese. They are made by Convocation, but by the act of Submission (25 Hen. 8, c.
Curate
either to serve in his absence or as his assistant. All curates serve under a licence from the bishop of the diocese, revocable at his discretion, with an appeal against the revocation of the licence to the
Deprivation
of prayer than the liturgy of the Church of England; or for continued neglect, after order of the bishop, followed by sequestration, to reside on the benefice; and see as to deprivation for immorality, etc., the (English)
Double complaint, or Double quarrel
cause ecclesiastical, as to give sentence, or institute a clerk, as in the celebrated case of Gorham v. Bishop of Exeter, (1850) 19 LJ Ex 376, CP 200, QB 279, in which the plaintiff, a clerk, succeeded
Episcopalia, or onera episcopalia
Episcopalia, or onera episcopalia, synodals or other customary payments from the clergy to their bishop or dioceasan, which were formerly collected by the rural deans, and by them transmitted to the bishop, Dugd.
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