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Dimissory, Letters
may be ordained, and have such a cure within his district. See Cripps's Law of the Church and Clergy, 6th Edn., p. 12
Dilapidation
(34 & 35 Vict. c. 43, and 35 & 36 Vict. c. 96), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.' The term is also used to signify that disrepair for which a tenant is usually liable to a
Declinatory plea
Declinatory plea, a plea of sanctuary, also pleading of benefit of clergy before trial or conviction. Abolished by (English) 6 & 7 Geo. 4, c. 28, s. 6.
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Dean
deputies of the bishop, planted all round his diocese, the better to inspect the conduct of the parochial clergy, to inquire into and report dilapidations, and to examine the candidates for confirmation; and armed, in minuter matters,
Corona mala
Corona mala, the clergy who abused their character were so called, Blount.
Convivium
Convivium, the same among the laity as procuratio with the clergy, viz., when a tenant, by reason of his tenure, is bound to provide meat and drink for his
Contumace capiendo
Court of Justice (Chancery Division), 2 & 3 Wm. 4, C. 93; 3 & 4Vict. c. 93, and Clergy Discipline Act, 1892, s. 7. See Ex parte Bell Cox, (1887) 20 QBD 1; CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Commendatory letters
Commendatory letters, those written by one bishop to another on behalf of any of the clergy, or others of his diocese travelling thither; or that the clerk may be promoted; or necessaries administered to
Cleriei non ponentur in officiis
Cleriei non ponentur in officiis [Lat.], The clergy should not be placed in temporal offices.
Civil Law
that a long and fierce feud ensued between the laity, stoutly struggling for the Common Law, and the clergy for the Civil and Canon Law, to which, in the end, they entirely betook themselves; and, withdrawing from
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