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A church or parish festival as in commemoration of the dedication of a church at which much ale was used...
Ale-conner, or Ale-founder, or Ale-kenner
Ale-conner, or Ale-founder, or Ale-kenner [gustator, cerevisi' Lat.], one who kens or knows what good ale is; an officer appointed at a curt-leet, who is sworn to look at the assize and goodness of ale and beer within the precincts of the lordship, Kitch. 46. Thee were at one time four ale-conners, chosen by the liverymen of the City of London, in Common hall, on Midsummer-day, whose office it was to inspect the measures used in public-houses....
Fild-ale, or Filk-ale
Fild-ale, or Filk-ale [fr. fillen, sax., to fill, and ale], an ale-feast. A term applied to an extortionate practice of officers of the forest, and of bailiffs of hundreds, of compelling persons to contribute to the supplying them with drink etc., Prohibited by the Carta de Foresta, 4 Inst. 307....
Ale
Ale, See ALE-HOUSE, and see LICENSE....
Ale silver
Ale silver, a rent or tribute paid annually to the Lord Mayor of London, by those who sold ale within the liberty of the City, Blount's Law Dict....
Ale-house
Ale-house, a place where ale with other intoxicating liquors as deemed proper by the keeper, is sold by retail to be drunk on the premises where sold. Such a house, commonly called also a public-house, has for a long time, by a series of Acts consolidated in 1828 by 9 Geo. 4, c. 61 (styled 'The (English) Alehouse Act, 1828,' by the Short Titles Act, 1896, but [and more correctly 'The (English) Intoxicating Liquors Licensing Act, 1828,' by the Licensing Act, 1872], required a license from justices of the peace as well as an excise license; whereas the houses called beer-houses, first established in 1830 by 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 64, required an excise license only until the passing of the Wine and Beerhouse Act, 1869. See INTOXICATING LIQUORS....
Ale-stake
Ale-stake, a maypole or long stake driven into the ground, with a sign on it for the sale of ale, Blount....
Ale-taster
Ale-taster, See ALE-CONNER....
Bride ale
A rustic wedding feast a bridal See Ale...
Church
Church, includes any chapel or other building generally used for public Christian worship. (Christian Marriage Act, 1872, s. 3)--The Church of England is a distinct branch of Christ's Church, and is also an institution of the State (see the first clause of Magna Carta), of which the sovereign is the supreme head by Act of Parliament (1 Eliz. c. 1), but in what sense is not agreed. According to Sir Wiliam Anson, the sovereign is head of the Church, 'not for the purpose of discharging and spiritual function, but because the Church is the National Church, and as such is built into the fabric of the State' (Law and Custom of the Constitution). 'The establishment of the Churchby law,' says Lord Selborne, 'consists essentially in the incorporation of the law of the Church into that of the realm, as a branch of the general law of the realm, though limited as to the causes to which, and the persons to whom it applies; in the public recognition of its Courts and Judges, as having proper legal j...
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