Clergy - Law Dictionary Search Results
Simony
or gifts in exchange for spiritual promotion, esp. the unlawful buying or selling of a right to present clergy to a vacant benefice, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1388
Ecclesiastical Law
it is derived from the Civil and Canon Law. Consult Phillimore's Ecclesiastical Law; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.' The body of law derived largely from Cannon and Civil Law and administered by ecclesiastical courts, Black's Law
Quod clerici beneficiati de cancellaria, etc.
etc., a writ to exempt a clerk of the Chancery from the contribution towards the proctors of the clergy in Parliament, etc., Reg. Brev. 261.
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Oblations
Oblations, offerings to God and the Church, fees payable to the clergy for marrying, burying, and by way of 'Easter offerings.' See Reg. v. Hall, (1866) LR 1 QB 632.
Proxies
Proxies, annual payments by the parochial clergy to the bishop, etc., on visitation.
Priest
A person under twenty-four years of age cannot be ordained a priest, 44 Geo. 3, c. 43. See CLERGY. Means a Parsi priest and includes Dastur and Mobed. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936),
Presentation
Canon 95 (which abridged the period from two months), 28 days for inquiry before instituting (see INSTITUTION) the clergyman presented by the patron. All persons seised in fee, in tail or for life, or possessed of a
Presbyterian
applied to the choir or chancel, because it was the place appro-priated to the bishop, priest, and other clergy, while the laity were confined to the body of the church, Dugd. Mon. i. 243.
Populous Parishes
7 & 8 Vict. c. 94; and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104); Chit. Stat. Tit. 'Church and Clergy.'
Peel's (Sir R.) Acts
by the establishment of district churches therein; and 7 & 8 Geo. 4, cc. 27-29, abolishing benefit of clergy, and otherwise amending the criminal law.
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