Definitionn. the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
Last update: September 14, 2015
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The general result of the law previous to the Benefices Act 1898, as gathered from the statutes and decisions, may be exhibited as follows: (1) it was not simony for a layman or spiritual person not purchasing for himself to purchase, while the church was full, as advowson or next presentation, however immediate the prospect of a vacancy; (2) it was not simony for a spiritual person to purchase for himself a life or any greater estate in an advowson, and to present himself thereto; (3) it was not simony to exchange benefices under an agreement that no payment was to be made for dilapidations on either side; (4) it was not simony to make certain assignments of patronage under the Church Building and New Parishes Acts (9 & 10 Vict. [Please select]
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The perpetual advowson of the living was assigned to the Bishop of the diocese, and endowed with 75 pounds 6s. [Please select]
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