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Welsh Church
Welsh Church. The Welsh Church Act, 1914, provided of the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and Monmouthshire. Its operation was suspended by the Suspensory Act, 1914, but it came into effect under, and was amended by, the Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act, 1919, as from 31st March, 1920. All ecclesiastical corporations are dissolved and disendowed, but churches, ecclesiastical residences and certain endowments, as well as a million pounds under a scheme of commutation of existing interests, are transferred to a 'representative body' which has been incorporated by Royal Charter. See the above-mentioned Acts and the Welsh Church Rules....
Wales
Wales. After Edward I. conquered the Welsh the line of their ancient princes was abolished, and the King of England's eldest son was created their titular prince, and the territory of Wales was then entirely annexed to the British Crown. The Act 27 Hen. 8, c. 26, confirmed by 34 & 35 Hen. 8, c. 36, gave the utmost advancement to their civil prosperity by admitting them to a thorough communion of laws with the subjects of England.By the Wales and Berwick Act, 1746 (20 Geo. 2, c. 42), it is declared that where England only is mentioned in any Act of Parliament, it shall be deemed to comprehend the dominion of Wales and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.By 1 Wm. 4, c. 70, the jurisdiction of the Court of Great Sessions was abolished, and assizes are held in Wales as in England; and by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 11, the manner of assigning sheriffs in Wales is regulated by and assimilated to that of England.Welsh-speaking inspectors of factories, mines, and quarries are required in Wales Factories and Monmou...
Bishopric
Bishopric, a diocese of a bishop. In the Church of England thee are the following: Canterbury, Winchester, Londin, Bath and Wells, Chichester, Execter, Ely, Hereford, Lincoln, Lichfield, Rochester, Salisbury, Gloucester, St. Albans, Bristol, Peterborough, Oxford, Norwich, Truro, Birmingham, Southwark, Southwell, Chelmsford, Coventry, St. Edmondsbury and Ipswich, Worcester, Derby, Guildford, Leicester, Portsmouth, York, Chester, Carlisle, Durham, Sodor and Man, Ripon Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Wakefield, Sheffield, Bradford, and Blackburn. As to the Welsh Bishoprics of Bangor and St. Asaph, Llandaff and St. Davids, see the Welsh Church Acts, 1914 and 1919, which came into force in 1920, disestablishing the Church in Wales....
Church
Church, includes any chapel or other building generally used for public Christian worship. (Christian Marriage Act, 1872, s. 3)--The Church of England is a distinct branch of Christ's Church, and is also an institution of the State (see the first clause of Magna Carta), of which the sovereign is the supreme head by Act of Parliament (1 Eliz. c. 1), but in what sense is not agreed. According to Sir Wiliam Anson, the sovereign is head of the Church, 'not for the purpose of discharging and spiritual function, but because the Church is the National Church, and as such is built into the fabric of the State' (Law and Custom of the Constitution). 'The establishment of the Churchby law,' says Lord Selborne, 'consists essentially in the incorporation of the law of the Church into that of the realm, as a branch of the general law of the realm, though limited as to the causes to which, and the persons to whom it applies; in the public recognition of its Courts and Judges, as having proper legal j...
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, a body corporate established by the (English) Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 77), the long preamble of which sets out the recommenda-tions as to the more equal distribution of episcopal duties and revenues of two previous Royal Commissions, empowered to suggest measures conductive to the efficiency of the Established Church to be ratified by Orders in Council. Church Estate Commissioners are appointed ex officio members of this corporation. See (English) amending Acts of 1840, 1841, 1850, 1860, and 1873 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 113; 4 & 5 Vict. c. 39; 13 & 14 Vict. c. 94; 23 & 24 Vict. c. 124; 36 & 37 Vict. c. 64); and subsequent Acts; and CHURCH BUILDING ACTS; also (English) Welsh Church Act, 1914 (4 & 5Geo. 5, c. 91).A group of people empowered to suggest measures to improve the established Church's efficiency, to be rectified by order's in council, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 530....
Bishop
Bishop [fr. 'plokopoV, Gk. Biscop, Sax.], an overseer or superintendent. The chief of the clergy in his diocese or jurisdiction in England, Wales, or Ireland, and the archbishop's suffragan or assistant. A bishop is elected by the king's cong' d' 'lire, or license to elect the person named by the king, accompanied, by virtue of 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, by a letter-missive, addressed to the dean and chapter; and if they fail to make election in twelve days, the king, by letters-patent, may nominate whom he pleases. A bishop is said to be installed, and there are four things necessary to his complete title: (1) election, which resembles the presentation of a clerk to an ecclesiastical benefice; (2) confirmation, which cannot be opposed on doctrinal grounds: see Reg. v. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1902 KB 503, under title CONFIRMATION OF BISHOPS; (3) consecration, similar to institution; (4) installation, answering to induction. The bishop are the lords spiritual in Parliament: see HOUSE OF LORDS....
Cathedral
Cathedral [fr. Kaedpa, Gk., a seat], the church of the bishop and head of the diocese, in which is his seat of dignity. The Cathedral Acts and Measures are 3 & 4 Vict. c. 113, 4 & 5 Vict. c. 39, 6 & 7 Vict. c. 77, 16 & 17 Vict. c. 35, 27 & 28 Vict. c. 70, 36 & 37 Vict. c. 39, 21 & 22 Geo. 5, No. 7, and 24 & 25 Geo. 5, No. 3; and as to Wales, see 6 & 7 Vict. c. 77, and Welsh Church Act, 1914.Our cathedrals and collegiate churches have been divided into four classes:--1st, consisting of 13, being the cathedrals of the old foundation, or Ecclesi' Cathedrales Canonicorum Secularium; 2nd, consisting of eight conventual cathedrals, constituted with deans and chapters by Hen. VIII; 3rd, containing the five cathedrals founded, together with new bishoprics, by Hen. VIII; 4th, the new cathedrals constituted since that time. See Bishopric....
Monmouth
Monmouth, county of, made one of the counties of England by 27 Hen. 8, c. 26. Many Acts provided that it is to be considered as part of Wales for the purposes of the Act, e.g., (English) National Insurance Act, 1911, s. 79; Welsh Church Act, 1914; (English) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1919.In the appointment, in Wales and Monmouthshire, of inspectors of coal mines, by the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, s. 97; of factories, bys. 23 of the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1891; and of quarries, bys. 2 (3) of the Quarries Act, 1894, persons having a knowledge of the Welsh language are to be preferred...
Suspensory Act, 1914
Suspensory Act, 1914 (English) (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 88), an Act which suspended the operation of the Government of Ireland Act, 1914, and the Welsh Church Act, 1914, inconsequence of the war with Germany....
Suspicion
Suspensory Act, 1914 (English) (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 88), an Act which suspended the operation of the Government of Ireland Act, 1914, and the Welsh Church Act, 1914, inconsequence of the war with Germany....
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