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Magic remedy

any other charm of any kind which is alleged to possess miraculous powers for or in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease in human beings or animals or for affecting or influencing in

Institutions

and ceremonies enjoined by authority, as permanent rules of conduct or of government. (2) A commit-ment of the cure of souls by the bishop to the incumbent, whereby the benefice becomes filled. The clerk kneels before the

Dignitary

Lat., worthy], a clergyman advanced to be a bishop, dean, archdeacon, prebendary, etc. But there are prebendaries without cure or jurisdiction, who are not dignitaries, 3 Inst. 155.

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Rector

not been so impropriated and a spiritual person, the 'parson,' who has the whole revenues together with the cure of souls. See 1 Bl. Com. 384. The spiritual head and presiding officer of a church, Black's Law

Void and voidable

these two words: void means that an instrument or transaction is so nugatory and ineffectual that nothing can cure it; voidable, when an imperfection or defect can be cured by the act or confirmation of him who

Regula catoniana

Regula catoniana, means the principal that the lapse of time will not cure something void at the outset, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1289.

Regular or regularisation

'regularisation', do not connote permanence. They are terms calculated to condone any procedural irregularities and are meant to cure only such defects as are attributable to the methodology followed in making the appointments. They cannot be construed

Resealing writ

Resealing writ, the second sealing of a writ by a master so as to continue it, or to cure it of an irregularity.

Residence

holding a benefice, which comprises all parochial churches, perpetual curacies, chapels, and church or chapel districts, if with cure of souls, shall reside on his benefice, in the house of residence; and if he absent himself (without

Sinecure rector

Sinecure rector, a rector without cure of souls. Sinecure rectories are now abolished by 3 & 4 Vict. c. 113, s. 48, and 4

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