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It is some what in the nature of an heirloom, and may descend by immemorial custom, without any ecclesiastical concurrence, from an ancestor to his heir. Consult Cripps's Law of the Church and Clergy, 5th Edn., 467.
Supremacy, Oath of
prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. Se help me God. This oath had to be taken by all clergy
Trust corporation
referred to in the Rules or any company authorized by the Lord Chancellor in relation to any charitable, ecclesiastical or public trusts. By s. 3 of the (English) L.P. (Amendment) Act, 1926, 'Trust Corporation' includes the Treasury
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Welsh Church
effect under, and was amended by, the Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act, 1919, as from 31st March, 1920. All ecclesiastical corporations are dissolved and disendowed, but churches, ecclesiastical residences and certain endowments, as well as a million pounds
Doctors' Commons
Doctors' Commons, an institution near St. Paul's Cathedral, where the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts were held. In 1768 a royal charter was obtained, by virtue of which the members
Fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis
Fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis (that you cause to be made of the ecclesiastical goods). When a sheriff to a common fi. fa.
Dilapidation
Dilapidation, decay; a kind of ecclesiastical waste, either voluntary, by pulling down, or permissive, by suffering the chancel, parsonage house, and other buildings thereunto
Dean
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies esp an ecclesiastical dignitary subordinate to a bishop
Benefice
Benefice [fr. beneficium, M. Lat., a kindness], an ecclesiastical living and promotion, a rectory or vicarage: all church preferments except bishoprics; also a fief in the feudal
Dean
Dean [fr. decanus, Lat.; deka, Gk., ten], an ecclesiastical governor or dignitary, so called as he is supposed to have originally presided over ten canons or prebendaries
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