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Canon
Kavwv, Gk., a rule], a law or ordinance of the Church; also a residentiary member of a cathedral chapter.-3 & 4 Vict. c. 113. As to the resignation of canons, see 35 & 36 Vict. c. 8.
Benedicite
for morning prayer in the Church of England It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel
Bailment
Consult Wyatt Paine on Bailments; Chitty on Contracts. The subject-matter of contractual bailment has been dealt with in Chapter IX of the Contract Act, and s. 148 defines 'bailment' to mean the delivery of goods 'upon a
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Aula Regis, or Regia
of common causes in it was, on this account, very burdensome to the people, and accordingly the 11th chapter of Magna Charta thus enacted:-'communia placita non sequantur curiam nostram sed teneantur in aliquo loco certo.' This 'certain
Slype
A narrow passage between two buildings as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery
Brawling
objector may be convicted of an offence against the Act of 1860 [Kensit v. St. Paul's Dean and Chapter, (1905) 2 KB 249].
Hebdomadary
A member of a chapter or convent whose week it is to officiate in the choir and perform other services which on extraordinary
frat house
a house used by a chapter of a fraternity at a college
Eleventh
Next after the tenth as the eleventh chapter
Cellarer
A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions
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