Tag: Pews

  • Sale

    The Legal History of SaleThis section provides an overview of Sale ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Sale in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford Encyclopedia of American […]

  • Sale

    The Legal History of SaleThis section provides an overview of Sale ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Sale in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford Encyclopedia of American […]

  • Free Church

    Free Church, Seats, Lease From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Free Church, Seats, Lease (1): The trustees of a free church may assign seats and forcibly remove one from a seat without authority.454 Where a pew is real estate, a pewholder may acquire the right to it by […]

  • Pew Rights

    Catholic Church, Pew Rights From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Catholic Church, Pew Rights (1): In the Catholic Church, by the canon law, the ownership in or control over a pew is forbidden to laymen. Notwithstanding that, if the party holding the title violates the […]

  • Hereditament

    Incorporeal Hereditament From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Incorporeal Hereditament (1): The English title in a pew is in the nature of a right of way through another's land; it is an incorporeal hereditament. In the absence of express law, the title to pews in […]

  • Hereditament

    Incorporeal Hereditament From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Incorporeal Hereditament (1): The English title in a pew is in the nature of a right of way through another's land; it is an incorporeal hereditament. In the absence of express law, the title to pews in […]

  • Selling Pew on Execution

    From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Selling Pew on Execution (1): In an action to recover the value of a pew sold at auction, the merits of the case will be tried according to the law of the land.449 It is doubtful whether a pew in a church can be sold for…

  • Selling Pew on Execution

    From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Selling Pew on Execution (1): In an action to recover the value of a pew sold at auction, the merits of the case will be tried according to the law of the land.449 It is doubtful whether a pew in a church can be sold for…

  • Rebuilding

    Rebuilding, Remodeling From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Rebuilding, Remodeling (1): An injunction was granted on the bill of pewholders, restraining the authorities of the church from pulling it down, as they were going to use the materials in the erection of a new […]

  • Right to Occupy

    Pew, Right to Occupy, Conditions From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Pew, Right to Occupy, Conditions (1): A grant of a church pew in perpetuity does not give the owner an absolute right of property as a grant of land in fee; but gives only a right to sit therein, […]

  • Pewholders' Rights

    From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Pewholders' Rights (1): A pewholder has the exclusive right to occupy his pew when the house is used for the purpose for which it was erected; but he can not convert his pew to other purposes not contemplated.441 If he has paid his […]

  • Sale in Perpetuity

    Trustees, Sale in Perpetuity From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Trustees, Sale in Perpetuity (1): Without authority of law the trustees of a church can not make an absolute sale in perpetuity of a pew without any reservation of rent.431 The sale of a pew in a church […]

  • Tax Assessment

    Tax, Assessment From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Tax, Assessment (1): A tax assessed upon the pew of a religious corporation in part for purposes not specifically named in a deed of the pew, which alone gives the power to make such an assessment and which strictly […]

  • Pews

    In relation to religious matters, find out about Pews and the following issues in this world legal Encyclopedia: Sold, Rented Incorporeal Hereditament Catholic Church, Pew Rights Land, Use, Rent Pews Trustees, Sale in Perpetuity Pew, Right to Occupy, Conditions Tax, Assessment

  • Rent Pews

    Land, Use, Rent Pews From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Land, Use, Rent Pews (1): Where land was conveyed in trust to the bishop of a diocese and his successors for the erection of a church for the use of a congregation, the right to rent pews vested under the deed and…