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Church of Scotland
is presided over by a Moderator, who is nominated each year by a selection committee. The tenure of ecclesiastical property and endowments was reorganized by the Church of Scotland (Property and Endowments) Act, 1925 (15 & 16
Commendam
Commendam is a benefice or ecclesiastical living which, being void, is commended by the Crown to the care of a clerk until it may
Canterbury, Archbishop of
Canterbury, Archbishop of, the Primate of All England: the Chief Ecclesiastical Dignitary in the Church; his customary privilege is to crown the kings and queens of England; he is
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Monitory letters
Monitory letters, communications of warning and admonition sent from an ecclesiastical judge, upon information of scandal and abuses within the cognizance of his Court.
Matrimonial causes
suits for the redress of injuries respecting the rights of marriage. They were formerly a branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, but were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (now a branch
Master of the temple
Master of the temple, the chief ecclesiastical functionary of the Temple Church. The appointment is in the gift of the Crown.
Litis contestatio
Litis contestatio, (1) in the Ecclesiastical Courts the issue of an action; (2) a submission to the decision of a judex, Civ. Law.
Magna Carta
assizes of darrein presentment, a now abolished method of trying the right to present a priest to an ecclesiastical benefice. The 14th chapter is directed against excessive fines, and provides that:-'A freeman shall not be amerced for
Magister ad facultates
Magister ad facultates, an ecclesiastical officer who grants dispensations.
L'sione fidei, suits pro
L'sione fidei, suits pro, proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts for spiritual offences against conscience, for non-payment of debts, or breaches of civil contracts. By entertaining them
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