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Sittings

Justice in London and Middlesex are four in every year, viz., the Michaelmas sittings, the Hilary sittings, the Easter sittings, and the Trinity sittings. The Michaelmas sittings commence on the day appointed by Order in Council (Long

Clausum pasch'

Clausum pasch', the morrow of the utas (or eight days) of Easter; the end of Easter; the Sunday after Easter-day, 2 Inst. 157.

Offerings

parish, either occasionally, as at sacraments, marriages, churching of women, burials, etc.; or at constant times, as at Easter, Christmas, etc, 2 & 3 Edw. 6, cc. 13, 20 (repealed by the Church Assembly Measure, 16 &

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Offices of the Supreme Court

Supreme Court. The offices of the Supreme Court are to be open every day except Sundays, Good Friday, Easter Eve, Monday and Tuesday in Easter Week, White Monday, the first Monday in August, Christmas-day and the next

Terms

during which the superior courts at Westminster were open. The legal year consists of four terms: Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and Trinity (which see), the year beginning with Michaelmas Term. The commencement and duration of the terms were

Oblations

God and the Church by pious and faithful Christians, whether the things are movable or immovable.), Inst. 389. Easter offerings are assessable to income tax, Cooper v. Blakiston, 1909 AC 104. Baptismal fees were abolished by 35

Excommunication

authority thereto'; Canon 112, to the effect that the minister and churchwardens shall yearly within 40 days after Easter exhibit to the Bishop or his Chancellor the names and surnames of all the parishioners, as well men

Hilary Sittings

the Judicature Act, of Hilary Term, beginning on the 11th of January, and terminating on the Wednesday before Easter; see R.S.C. Ord. LXIII., r. 1. It was so called from Hilary, Biship of Poictiers, in France, a

Holiday, or Holyday

Court shall be open on every day of the year except Sundays, Good Friday, Monday and Tuesday in Easter-week, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, Christmas-day and the next following working day, and all days appointed

L'tare jerusalem

L'tare jerusalem, Lent or Easter offerings, so called from these words in the hymn of the day. They are also denominated quadragesimalia, Cowel's

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