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Cession
per annum, or upwards, accepted any other, the first was adjudged void, unless he obtained a dispensation. A vacancy thus made, for want of a dispensation, was called cession. See Plurality.
VerbarLacuna
A small opening a small pit or depression a small blank space a gap or vacancy a hiatus
Accountant in bankruptcy
repealed (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. C. 134), s. 12, provided that upon the first vacancy the office should be abolished, and its duties discharged by the Chief Registrar. The funds in the Bank
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Dean
deaneries (except in Wales) shall thenceforth be in the direct patronage of the Sovereign, who may, on the vacancy thereof, appoint by letters-patent a spiritual person to be dean; and that no person shall hereafter be capable
Candidate
or after the day of the issue of the writ for such election, or after the dissolution or vacancy in consequence of which such writ has been issued. Making certain false statements about a candidate is an
Casual election
Casual election, means an election held to fill a casual vacancy. [Cantonments Act, 1924, s. 2 (vi)]
Arches, Court of
'a judge of the Provincial Courts of Canterbury and York,' and it was further provided that whenever a vacancy should occur in the office of Official Principal of the Arches Court of Canterbury, this new judge should
Chiltern hundreds
the statutory power of the Speaker for the issue of a writ during recess to fill up a vacancy caused by acceptance of office does not apply.-'May's Parl. Pr.; and see the explanation given by Sir William
Churchwardens
persons are appointed by the ordinary for that purpose, to have the care of the benefice during its vacancy, or while it is under sequestration for the debts of the incumbent, Prideaux's Churchwardens' Guide; Steer's Parish Law.
Commendators
During Popery the commendator was the person by whom the fruits of a benefice were levied during a vacancy. He was properly a steward or trustee; but the Pope, who was entitled to grant the higher benefices
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