Tag: Church
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Error
Introduction to Error Error, act, assertion, or function that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true." (1) From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Error (1): A clerical error in the name of the grantee will not make a deed void. However, when such […]
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Error
Introduction to Error Error, act, assertion, or function that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true." (1) From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Error (1): A clerical error in the name of the grantee will not make a deed void. However, when such […]
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Rules
Rule Commmon Meanings In a broad, more general sense, but applied to law, a rule is a "a law or principle that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable"(1), or "control of or dominion over an area or […]
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Rules
Rule Commmon Meanings In a broad, more general sense, but applied to law, a rule is a "a law or principle that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable"(1), or "control of or dominion over an area or […]
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Assign
Deed, Privilege, Heirs and Assigns From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Deed, Privilege, Heirs and Assigns (1): No formal deed is necessary to confer exclusive right to the use of a cemetery lot for burial purposes.779 And certificates of lots issued by a corporation […]
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Assign
Deed, Privilege, Heirs and Assigns From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Deed, Privilege, Heirs and Assigns (1): No formal deed is necessary to confer exclusive right to the use of a cemetery lot for burial purposes.779 And certificates of lots issued by a corporation […]
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Contest
Contest, Secession From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Contest, Secession (1): In case of a devise to a church which is claimed by two societies, it is the duty of the court to decide in favor of those who adhere to the ecclesiastical government of the church which was in […]
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Contest
Contest, Secession From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Contest, Secession (1): In case of a devise to a church which is claimed by two societies, it is the duty of the court to decide in favor of those who adhere to the ecclesiastical government of the church which was in […]
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Usage
By-Laws, Usage From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about By-Laws, Usage (1): If there is no law of a religious society determining the mode of conducting an election, the corporation may provide by-laws therefor; and if the corporation should fail to make such by-laws, a long […]
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Control
Mother Church, Control From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Mother Church, Control (1): A majority of the members of a congregation can not by their vote leave the church and transfer the property of the congregation to another church so long as any portion of the […]
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Control
Mother Church, Control From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Mother Church, Control (1): A majority of the members of a congregation can not by their vote leave the church and transfer the property of the congregation to another church so long as any portion of the […]
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Competent Witness
From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Competent Witness (1): Everybody who has the use of reason and understands the import of an oath is a competent witness. Resources See Also Competency Resources Notes and References Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman's […]
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Competent Witness
From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Competent Witness (1): Everybody who has the use of reason and understands the import of an oath is a competent witness. Resources See Also Competency Resources Notes and References Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman's […]
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Adverse Possession
Adverse Possession, Color of Title From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Adverse Possession, Color of Title (1): A religious corporation may obtain title to land by adverse possession. The length of such possession is determined by the laws of the State, the usual period […]
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Note
Note, Trustees From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Note, Trustees (1): A church will not be bound by a note which was executed by two of its trustees and sent around to other trustees to sign it, where there was no vote of the board of trustees at an authorized meeting to…