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Vicar-General
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Parson
impropriators. In all appro-priations there is generally a spiritual person attached to the church, under the name of vicar, to whom the spiritual duty or cure of souls belongs, in the same manner as to the rector … of lay persons, who are usually styled, by way of distinction, lay impropriators. In all appro-priations there is generally a spiritual person attached to the church, under the name of vicar, to whom the spiritual duty or
Bishop
archdeacon, dean and chapter, chancellor who holds his Court and assists him in matters of ecclesiastical law, and vicar-general. As to the resignation of archbishops and bishops when incapacitated by age or other infirmities, and appointment of
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Chancellor of a Diocese, or of a Bishop
hold the Bishop's Court in his diocese, and to adjudicate upon matters of ecclesiastical law. He is the vicar-general of the bishop, and by Canon 127 must be at least 26 years old, must be learned in
Physician
assisted by the faculty); or beyond these limits without licence from the bishop of his diocese or his vicar-general similarly assisted, sav-ing the privileges of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. The superintendence of the bishops was
Vice-dominus episcopi
Vice-dominus episcopi, the vicar-general or commissary of a bishop, Blount.
Rector
which before the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII. was appropriated to a monastery, the incumbent generally being a 'vicar'; or, in cases where the living had not been so impropriated and a spiritual person,
Easter offerings, or Easter dues
before justices of the peace, see Reg. v. Hall, (1868) LR 1 QB 632. In that case the vicar of Batley in Yorkshire was held entitled to recover, on evidence of a custom, for every communicant, 2d.; … at that time to be paid,' probably refers to such specific payments as those in Reg. v. Hall. General freewill offerings raised by churchwardens in pursuance of a Bishop's letter are assessable to Income Tax, under Schedule
Registration for preservation
and burials therein; and the (English) Parochial Registers Act, 1812 (52 Geo. 3, c. 146), directs the rector, vicar, curate, or officiating minister to make and keep similar registers, the books to remain in their custody in … the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836. Consult Hubback on Succession, pp. 469 et seq. Civil Registration.--A general registry office was established by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4,
Poor laws
parish; and the Act of Elizabeth directed that it should be raised by' taxation of every inhabitant, parson, vicar, and other, and of every occupier of lands, houses, tithes impropriate, propriations of tithes, coal mines, or saleable … relating to the disregarding of sick pay, maternity benefit, and wounds or disability pensions in connection with relief. General or special orders of a voluminous and detailed character (see Glen's Poor Law Orders), made by one or
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