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Indian Bishops
Indian Bishops. See COLONIAL CLERGY and the Government of India Act, 1915, ss. 115 to 123.
Holy orders
Holy orders. These are, in the English Church, the orders of bishops (including archbishops), priests, and deacons. See CLERGY; DEACON; PRIEST
Gilbert Acts (English)
Gilbert Acts (English) , the Clergy Residences Repair Act, 1776 (17 Geo. 3, c. 53), introduced into Parliament by Mr. Davies Gilbert, providing for
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Fornication
party be married, it is adultery. During the Commonwealth, a second offence was made felony without benefit of clergy, Scobel, 121. After the Restoration the offence was left to be dealt with by the spiritual Court according
Five-mile Act
repealed (after long disuse) by 7 & 8 Vict. c. 102. Also, 17 Car. 2, c. 2, whereby clergy who refused to take the oath of non-resistance imposed by the Act on all who had not subscribed
F
F, a stigma put upon felons with a hot iron on being admitted to the benefit of clergy, which was abolished by the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), s.
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
Endowment
as to the meaning of the term in s. 62 of the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853, see Re Clergy Orphan Corporation, (1894) 3 Ch 145. A gift of money or property to an institution (such as university)
Neck verse
verse, means a verse, which was used as a literary test for an accused who claimed benefit of clergy. An accused who read the passage satisfactorily would not receive the maximum sentence (the person's neck would be
National Assembly of the Church of England
of the House of Bishops (i.e., members of the Upper Houses of the two Convocations), the House of Clergy (i.e., members of the two Lower Houses), and the House of Laity, which consists of representatives from the
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