Tag: Church

  • Time

    International Laws Which Are Limited in Point of Time Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about International Laws Which Are Limited in Point of Time, wrote in 1921: 40. So also, the difficulty is not insuperable as regards the other point, namely, that […]

  • Time

    International Laws Which Are Limited in Point of Time Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about International Laws Which Are Limited in Point of Time, wrote in 1921: 40. So also, the difficulty is not insuperable as regards the other point, namely, that […]

  • Jews

    Jews, Seventh-Day Observers From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Jews, Seventh-Day Observers (1): In several of the States it has been held that Jews and Seventh-Day observers of the Sabbath must obey the Sunday law.743However, in many States there is a statute expressly […]

  • Sovereignty

    Legal Issues International treaties and conventions are, or should be, based on the presumption that all sovereign states are equal. This presumption forms the basis for the operation of the rules of conflict of laws.5 No country can directly enforce its domestic law within the territory of […]

  • Sovereignty

    Legal Issues International treaties and conventions are, or should be, based on the presumption that all sovereign states are equal. This presumption forms the basis for the operation of the rules of conflict of laws.5 No country can directly enforce its domestic law within the territory of […]

  • Gambling

    The Legal History of Gambling in Chinese Law This section provides an overview of Gambling in Chinese Law "Fair," Chances, Gambling From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about "Fair," Chances, Gambling (1): A church "fair" at which chances are sold, […]

  • Gambling

    The Legal History of Gambling in Chinese Law This section provides an overview of Gambling in Chinese Law "Fair," Chances, Gambling From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about "Fair," Chances, Gambling (1): A church "fair" at which chances are sold, […]

  • Court of Equity

    Trust, Court of Equity From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Trust, Court of Equity (1): A conveyance in trust for the use of a church vests the use in the church and it will be protected by a court of equity.381 Resources See Also Court of Chancery Resources Notes and […]

  • Autopsy

    Crime, Fraud, Exhume, Autopsy From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Crime, Fraud, Exhume, Autopsy (1): In an action on an insurance policy where there is evidence of fraud, as death by poison, a court may order a body exhumed for examination, although the person having the […]

  • Autopsy

    Crime, Fraud, Exhume, Autopsy From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Crime, Fraud, Exhume, Autopsy (1): In an action on an insurance policy where there is evidence of fraud, as death by poison, a court may order a body exhumed for examination, although the person having the […]

  • Corporators

    Corporators, Change From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Corporators, Change (1): In isolated cases here and there it has been held that a majority of the corporators of a religious society has the right to change the form of church government, as from the Congregational […]

  • Immoral Character

    Child, Immoral Character From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Child, Immoral Character (1): The school committee in order to maintain purity and discipline, may exclude therefrom a child whom they deem to be of licentious or immoral character, although such character is […]

  • Religious Service

    Business, Religious Service From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Business, Religious Service (1): A church organization has the legal right to make any contract concerning its own affairs that is not prohibited by its by-laws or its charter, subject to all laws of legal […]

  • Religious Service

    Business, Religious Service From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Business, Religious Service (1): A church organization has the legal right to make any contract concerning its own affairs that is not prohibited by its by-laws or its charter, subject to all laws of legal […]

  • Swearer

    Newspaper, Profane Swearer From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Newspaper, Profane Swearer (1): A newspaper in a notice of the death of a church member has the right to state that he was a profane swearer, if such was the case.695 Resources Notes and References […]