Commendam - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Commendam is a benefice or ecclesiastical living which, being void, is commended by the Crown to the care of a clerk until it may be conveniently supplied with a pastor. Not only dignitaries and benefices, but deaneries, prebends, headships of colleges and hospitals, have been granted in commendam. The acceptance by a beneficed clerk of a second living vacated the one be already held, and to avoid this a dispensation, called a commendam retinere, had to be obtained either from the Pope, or in later times from the King. See Mirehouse on Adv. C. vii., S. 6.By the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act, 1836 (6 & 7 jWm. 4, c. 77), s. 18, which abolished commendams by bishops (with a saving for those at the passing of the Act), every commendam, whether to retain or to receive, and whether temporary or perpetual, became absolutely void....
in commendam
in commendam [New Latin, translation of French (societé) en commandité (company) in limited partnership] in the civil law of Louisiana : characterized by partnership liability that is limited to the amount of capital contribution see also partner in commendam at partner partnership in commendam at partnership ...
VerbarIn commendam
See Commendam and Partnership in Commendam under Partnership...
In commendam
In commendam. Tenure of benefice in absence of regular incumbent. See COMMENDAM...
partner in commendam
partner in commendam see partner ...
partnership in commendam
partnership in commendam see partnership ...
Commendam
A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric usually a bishop who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided A living so held was said to be held in commendam The practice was abolished by law in 1836...
partnership
partnership : an association of two or more persons or entities that conduct a business for profit as co-owners see also Uniform Partnership Act in the Important Laws section compare corporation, joint venture, sole proprietorship NOTE: Except in civil law as practiced in Louisiana, where a partnership, like a corporation, is considered a legal person, a partnership is traditionally viewed as an association of individuals rather than as an entity with a separate and independent existence. A partnership cannot exist beyond the lives of the partners. The partners are taxed as individuals and are personally liable for torts and contractual obligations. Each partner is viewed as the other's agent and, traditionally, is jointly and severally liable for the tortious acts of any one of the partners. commercial partnership : trading partnership in this entry family partnership : a partnership in which the partners are members of a family general partnership : a partnership in which ea...
Commendatary
One who holds a living in commendam...
Commendator
One who holds a benefice in commendam a commendatary...
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