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Solicitor
Act, 'attorneys' conducted business in the Common Law Courts, 'solicitors' business in the Court of Chancery and 'proctors' ecclesiastical and Admiralty business; but it was the general practice, although any person might be admitted to practise as … in any Court whatever (see (English) Solicitors Act, 1932, s. 45). 'Solicitor of the Supreme Court' was the title given by the (English) Judicature Act, 1843, s. 87, to all attorneys, solicitors, and proctors, and continued by
Mortmain
hand that cannot shift away the property. It takes place upon alienation to any corporation, sole or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal, 2 Bl. Com. 268. By several old statutes, alienation of lands and tenements in mortmain, i.e., … and Charitable Uses Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 73), in the manner pointed out under the title CHARITABLE USES AND TRUSTS. in regard to assurances of land or personalty or enactments declaring a charitable use
King
by the Government of Ireland Act,1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 67), and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927 (17 Geo. 5, c. 4), whereby 'United Kingdom' shall, on and after the 12th April, 1927, … Act that the dominion has requested, and consented to, the enactment thereof. The King has all spiritual and ecclesiastical jurisdiction by virtue of s. 8 of the Elizabethan Act of Supremacy, 1 Eliz. c. 1 (though Henry
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Marriage
English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with … wife's mother's sister, and the widow of his own nephew. The Act of 1931 ives the short collective title of the (English) Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Acts, 1907-1931 to the three Acts. The Acts include within
Bounty of Queen Anne
confirmed by Queen Anne (2 Anne, c. 11), whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths (see those titles) which belonged to the English Crown was transferred by Queen Anne to trustees for ever, called 'Governors,' to … Tithe Act, 1926 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, s. 87), there is vested in Queen Anne's Bounty all ecclesiastical tithe rentcharge. The rentcharge is collected by the Bounty and paid over to the clergy. See TITHES. The
Civil Law
an elementary introduction to legal study. The division is into four Books, each book being divided into several Titles, and every title into several Parts; the first (not numbered) is called Principium, which is the beginning of … its influence, and entered largely into the composition of the Common Law. Under the influence of the foreign ecclesiastics, who, pouring into this country after the Conquest, long monopolized the administration of the law, great encouragement was
Forfeiture
never insisted on. Besides the grounds of forfeiture mentioned above, there are two which obtain in reference to ecclesiastical property, viz., (1) lapse; and (2) simony. Forfeiture, according to Black's Law Dictionary 'to forfeit' is 'to lose, … act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the following circumstan-ces:--(1) Treason, misprision of treason, felony, murder, self-murder, pr'munire,
Tenure
the books as to ancient demesne; see ANCIENT DEMESNE, and the authorities there referred to. The old Saxon ecclesiastical tenures, which were continued under the Normans, are these: (1) Frankalmoigne [free alms], by which religious corporations and … of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the Crown, from the dominium utile (the possessory title), the right to use the profits in the soil, designated by the term 'seisin,' which is the highest
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 … him, were formally absolved from their oaths of fidelity, and chose for their general Robert Fitzwalter, with the title of Marshal of the Army of God and of the Holy Church. After the fortess of Bedford had
Heresy
at Common Law; that is, it left the simple offence to be visited by spiritual punishment in the Ecclesiastical Courts, which courts have long since ceased to exercise jurisdiction over laymen. Heresy in the clergy is punishable … Voysey was deprived of his benefice for contradicting many doctrines set forth in the Thirty-nine Articles (see that title). See also APOSTASY; H'RETICO COMBURENDO, DE. Consult Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. P. 486. Opinion or doctrine contrary
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