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Donative, a species of advowson, when the king, or any subject by his license, founded a church or chapel, and ordained that it should be merely in the gift or disposal of the patron; subject to his visitation only, and not to that of the ordinary; and vested absolutely in the clerk of the patron's deed of donation without presentation, institution, or induction. This is said to have been anciently the only way of conferring ecclesiastical benefices in England. If the patron once waived the privilege of donation and presented to the bishop, and his clerk was admitted and instituted, the advowson became representative, and was never donative any more. donatives, which did not amount to one hundred in number, were all converted into presentatives by s. 12 of the Benefices Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 48). See ADVOWSON....
donative
donative 1 : having the character of a donation [a transfer] 2 : of or relating to donation [ intent] [ capacity] ...
Don grant et render, a fine sur
Don grant et render, a fine sur, was a double fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., and the fine sur concessit, and might have been used to create particular limitations of estates; whereas the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., conveyed nothing but an absolute estate, either of inheritance or at least of freehold, 1 Steph. Com....
Advowson
Advowson [fr. advocare, Lat.], a right of presentation to, or the patronage of, a church or spiritual living; the person possessed of this right or patronage being called the patron or advocate (patronus aut advocatus), on account of his obligation to protect and defend the privileges of the particular benefice. An advowson is in the nature of a temporal property and spiritual trust. For the origin and history of advowsons, consult Mirehouse on Advowsons, pp. 1-6.There are several kinds of advowsons, viz.:--(I.) Presentative advowsons, subdivided into,Appendant.In gross, andPartly appendant, and partly in gross.(II.) Collative advowsons.(I.) A presentative advowson appendant is a right of patronage annexed to the possession of some corporeal hereditament. Thus, where an advowson has immemorially passed together with a manor or reputed manor by a simple grant of such manor, without particularly referring to the advowson, it is then said to be appendant, i.e., annexed to the demesnes of ...
acquire
acquire ac·quired ac·quir·ing : to come into possession, ownership, or control of : obtain as one's own [the target's directors don't want the company to be acquired "R. C. Clark"] [the court acquired jurisdiction] ac·quir·er also ac·qui·ror [ə-kwīr-ər] n ...
condone
condone con·doned con·don·ing [Latin condonare to give away, absolve] : to pardon or overlook voluntarily ...
damage
damage [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1 : loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable see also additur, cover, mitigate, remittitur compare declaratory judgment at judgment, injunction specific performance at performance NOTE: The trier of fact determines the amount of damages to be awarded to the prevailing party. More than one type of damages may be awarded for a single injury. actual damages : damages deemed to compensate the injured party for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act compare special damages in this entry ex·em·pla·ry damages [ig-zem-plə-r...
title 1
title 1 an FHA-insured loan that allows a borrower to make non-luxury improvements (like renovations or repairs) to their home; Title I loans less than $7,500 don't require a property lien. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Carlist
A partisan of Charles X of France or of Don Carlos of Spain...
Cossack
One of a warlike pastoral people skillful as horsemen inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions...
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