"Vicar" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
one who performs the functlons of another; a substitute. Also the incumbent of an approprlated or lmproprlated ecclesias-tlcal benefice, as distinguished from the incumbent of a non-appropriated benefice, who
One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of
another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
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The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice …
Read the complete definitionThe state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office.
Read the complete definitionA person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
Read the complete definitionIn ecclesiastical law. In-duction is the ceremony by which an incum-bent who has been instituted to a benefice is vested …
Read the complete definitionOne of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
Read the complete definitionone who receives a por-tion; the allottee of a portion, one of two or more Incumbents of the same ecclesiastical …
Read the complete definitionR. In old English law. A provider, or purveyor. Spelman. Also a person nominated to be the next incumbent of …
Read the complete definitionIn English law. A writ which lay against a bishop who, within six months after the vacation of a benefice, …
Read the complete definitionThe residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
Read the complete definitionA kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a …
Read the complete definitionThe act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title.
Read the complete definitionIn Enclisb coclcsias-tioal law. An injury done by one clerk or incumbent to another, in taking the fruits of his …
Read the complete definitionThe state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent.
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