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Church modes
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Plagal
Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave said of certain old church modes or tunes as opposed to those called authentic which ran from the tonic to its octave
Nonconformity
Neglect or failure of conformity especially in England the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship
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Advowson
Advowson [fr. advocare, Lat.], a right of presentation to, or the patronage of, a church or spiritual living; the person possessed of this right or patronage being called the patron or advocate (patronus … them were primarily appendant, becoming by subsequent circumstances severed in gross. The severance may take place in several modes:--(1) when the corporeal inheritance is conveyed away, with a special reservation of the advowson; (2) when the advowson
Uniformity, Act of
and Ceremonies and for establishing the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons of the Church of England' (now partly repealed), received the Royal Assent on May 19, 1662 and came into operation on … not form part of the holy scriptures, or book of Common Prayer,' and so that the form and mode of use is approved by the ordinary. The Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874, has also added to the
Presentation
avoidance to the executor happening at the same time, the elder right prevails. If a bishop die, a church being vacant in his lifetime, the Crown exercises its prerogative to present, Co. Litt. 388 a. Joint-tenants and … W. & M. c. 26; 12 Anne, st 2, c. 14; 11 Geo. 2, c. 17, and the mode of exercising this devolved right is regulated by s. 7 of the Benefices Act, 1898; the right of
Petition
be signed to a petition to the Crown or either House of Parliament for alteration of matters in Church or State, without the previous approval of the contents by three justices or the majority of a grand … facts, requesting the Court to grant the relief or remedy based on those facts. It is a peculiar mode of seeking redress recognised by law. P. Philip v. Director of Enforcement, AIR 1976 SC 1185: (1976) 2
Faculties, Court of
licences of different descriptions, as a licence to marry, a faculty to erect an organ in a parish church, to level a churchyard, to remove bodies previously buried, 4 Inst. 337. The Master of the Faculties (Magister … It does not hold pleas in any suits, but creates rights to pews, monuments, and particular places and modes of burial. It has also various powers under 25 Hen. 8, c. 21, in granting licences of different
Letters of request
appellate Court, without consent from the intended defendant, 1 Hagg. Eccl. R. 4, note (a). See also (English) Church Discipline Act, 1840 (3 & 4Vict. c. 86), s. 13, by which a bishop may send a case … Letters of request: (1) The mode of commencing an original suit in the Court of Arches, instead of proceeding in the first instance in
Way
when the owner of lands grants to another a liberty of passing over his grounds, to go to church, market or the like, in which case the gift or grant is particular and confined to the grantee … By the (English) General Highway Act, 1835, power is given to stop up and divert highways, and the mode of proceeding to effect this object is pointed out. Parties grieved have a right of appeal to the
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