Skip to content

Lords Temporal - Law Dictionary Search Results

Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament, abbreviated M.P. See HOUSEOF COMMONS. Lords spiritual and temporal are also a constituent part of Parliament.

Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights, a declaration delivered by the Lords and Commons to the Prince and Princess of Orange, and … illegal; and the Act declares that the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons 'do claim, demand, and insist upon all and

Charities, or Public Trusts

entitled to peculiar favour, and to be deemed privileged testaments. Lord Thurlow was clearly of opinion that the doctrine of charities … to works of charity, whether they related to spiritual or temporal concerns) were entitled to peculiar favour, and to be deemed

Temporality, or temporals

others, from time to time, as they are barons and lords of Parliament. … Temporality, or temporals, secular possessions, as distinguished from ecclesiastical rights; such

Advowson

see 19 & 20 Vict. c. 50. By the (English) Lord Chancellor's Augmentation Act, 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 120), … particular benefice. An advowson is in the nature of a temporal property and spiritual trust. For the origin and history of

Mortmain

But either with or without the consent of the immediate lords (for this is doubtful), this forfeiture might be dispensed with … upon alienation to any corporation, sole or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal, 2 Bl. Com. 268. By several old statutes, alienation of

Church

of the Constitution). 'The establishment of the Churchby law,' says Lord Selborne, 'consists essentially in the incorporation of the law of … into its actual form, by the Stae; but, that the temporal legislature has recognized and added certain sanctions to the institutions

Prescription

(Co. Litt. 113 b), Pr'scriptio est titulus ex usu et tempore substantiam capiens ab authoritatelegis. (Prescription is a title taking his

  • Next ›

Save Judgments · Add Notes · Store Search Results · Organize Client Files Start your Free Trial