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Arches, Court of
Lat.], a court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the Dean of the Arches, because his Court was anciently held in the church of Saint Mary-le-Bow (Sancta Maria de
Clergy
etc.; and (2) secular, who did not live under any certain rules of the religious orders, as bishops, deans, parsons, etc. Now the term comprehends all persons in holy orders and in ecclesiastical offices, viz., archbishops, bishops,
Gale
meaning the right granted by the Crown to mine or to quarry in parts of the Forest of Dean. [See the Forest of Dean (Mines) Act, 1838] Rent paid by a free miner the galled for the
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Conge d'Eslire, or elire
Conge d'Eslire, or elire (leave to elect). The king's licence or permission sent to a dean and chapter to proceed to the election of a bishop or archbishop, when the office becomes vacant. By
Bishop
by the king, accompanied, by virtue of 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, by a letter-missive, addressed to the dean and chapter; and if they fail to make election in twelve days, the king, by letters-patent, may nominate
Resignation
32 & 33 Vict. c. 111. A pension is provided (see Episcopal Pensions Measure, 1926). The resignation of deans and canons is provided for by the (English) Deans and Canons Resignation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict.
Ecclesiastical Corporations
church, the members of which are exclusively spiritual persons. They are of two kinds: corporations sole-viz., bishops, certain deans, parsons, and vicars; and corporations aggregate-viz., deans and chapters, and formerly prior and convent, abbot and monks, and
Peculiar
they are situate. (4) Peculiars of bishops in their own dioceses, exclusive of archdiaconal jurisdiction. (5) Peculiars of deans, deans and chapters, prebendaries, and the like, which are places wherein, by ancient compositions, the bishops have parted
Request, Letters of
Request, Letters of. Many suits are brought before the Dean of Arches, as original judge, the cog-nizance of which properly belongs to inferior jurisdiction within the province, but
Physician
thereof, shall practise as a physician or surgeon without examination and licence of the Bishop of London or Dean of St. Paul's (duly assisted by the faculty); or beyond these limits without licence from the bishop of
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