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Rector
Rector, a governor; in ecclesiastical law, either a layman, sometimes called a 'lay rector' or 'lay impropriator,' who has that part of the revenues of a church 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, the 'parson,' who has the whole revenues together with the cure of souls. See 1 Bl. Com. 384.The spiritual head and presiding officer of a church, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1281....
Registration for preservation
Registration for preservation. In Scotland any deed may be registered in the books of Council and Session for preservation (stamp 10s.); official extracts are equivalent to originals. See also WILLS.Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.Ecclesiastical Registration.--The 70th Canon made in 1603 directs the churchwardens of every parish to provide a register, and the minister to enter baptisms, marriages, 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 an iron chest, and copies thereof to be transmitted annually to the registrars of each diocese. So much of this Act as related to marriages was repealed by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836.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 Regi...
Sexton
Sexton (probably from sacristan), the keeper of things belonging to divine worship. He is chosen by the incumbent, but sometimes by the parishioners, according to custom. There is, it seems, no presumption in law that the office of sexton in an ancient parish church is a freehold for life, Rex v. Dymock (Vicar and Churchwardens), (1915) 1 KB 147. His particular duties are to cleanse the church, to pen the pews, to fill up the graves, to provide candles and other necessaries, and to prevent disturbance in the church, 59 Geo. 3, c. 134, ss. 6, 10; and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, 9, and 11 & 12 Geo. 5 (No. 1), s. 6....
Vicarage
Vicarage, (1) the benefice of a vicar; (2) his house. See 31 & 32 Vict. c. 117, s. 2....
Vicarial tithes
Vicarial tithes, petty or small tithes payable to the vicar, 2 Steph. Com....
Vice-dominus episcopi
Vice-dominus episcopi, the vicar-general or commissary of a bishop, Blount....
Parish Priest
Parish Priest, the parson; a minister who holds a parish as a benefice. If the predial tithes are unappropriated, he is called rector; if appropriated, vicar....
Offerings
Offerings, personal tithes, payable by custom to the parson or vicar of a parish, either occasionally, as at sacraments, marriages, churching of women, burials, etc.; or at constant times, as at Easter, Christmas, etc, 2 & 3 Edw. 6, cc. 13, 20 (repealed by the Church Assembly Measure, 16 & 17 Geo. 5,No. 5), and 21. Voluntary Easter offerings received by an incumbent are profits accruing to him and are assessable for income tax, Cooper v. Blakiston, 1909 AC 104....
Parish
Parish [fr. parochia, Low Lat.; paroisse Fr., fr. porik'a Gk., habitation], the particular charge of a secular priest. Parochia est locus quo degit populus aliujus ecclesi'. 5 Co.--(A parish is a place in which the people of a particular church reside.) It is that circuit of ground which is committed to the care of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein, 1 Bl. Com. 111. An extended definition of 'parish' for ecclesiastical purposes is given in para. 1 of the Schedule to the Representation of the Laity Measure, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, No. 2). As to the origin of parishes, see ibid.; 2 Hallam's Mid. Ages, c. vii, pt. 1, p. 144.The Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 90), s. 68 (4), defines a parish 'a place for which immediately before the 1st April, 1927, a separate poor rate was or could be made, or a separate overseer was or could be appointed....
Incopolitus
Incopolitus, a proctor or vicar....
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