"Decretals" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

In Spanish law. Land owned by an ecclesiastical corporation, and therefore exempt from taxation. In particular, lands or towns under …

In ecclesiastical law. Officers whose duty lt is to assist ln drawing

In English ecclesiastical law. A clerk that registers the acts and constitutions of the lower house of convoca-tion; or a …

In ecclesiastical law, this is the lightest form of punishment, con-slstlng in a reprimand and warning adinin-lstered by the judge …

A period of time recognized by the English common and ecclesiastical law, beginning on the Sunday that falls el-ther upon …

A term used ln the ecclesiastical law to denote the introns of churches who presented to the liv-ing on an …

In English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the right of pre-seutlng a fit …

Lat From the slde. In connection with the succession to property, the term means “collateral.” Bract fol. 20b. Also, sometlmes, …

In ecclesiastical law. First-fruits paid out of spiritual benefices to the pope, so called because the value of one year’s …

An annual day, in old ecclesiastical law, set apart in memory of a deceased person. Also called “year day” or …

In ecclesiastical law. one who answers for another. An officer whose duty was to carry to the emperor mes-sages relating …

In English eccleslas-tical law. The chief of the clergy in his province, having supreme power under the kiug or queeu …

In English ecclesiastical law. A court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Judge of which is called …

L. Lat In ecclesiastical law. one whose office It was to give or convey answers; otherwise termed regpon-galig, and apuerigiarins. …

In ecclesiastical law. An advocate of a church benefice

In English ecclesiastical law. An inferior parish officer, who is chosen b.v the vestry, and whose business is to attend …

In ecclesiastical law. In its technical sense, this term includes ec-clesiastical preferments to which rank or public office is attached, …

In Engllsh law. An ecclesiastical dignitary, being the chief of the clergy within his diocese, subject to the archbishop of …

In ecclesiastical law. The diocese of a bishop, or the circuit in which he has jurisdiction; the office of a …

In English law. An ecclesiastical court, held in the cathedral of each diocese, tlie judge whereof is the bishop’s chancellor, …