Tag: Religious Societies
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Incorporation
Incorporation, Evidence From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Incorporation, Evidence (1): The certificate of incorporation or charter of a religious society or a certified copy thereof from the public record, is the proper evidence thereof.115 Secondary evidence and […]
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Debt
Introduction to Debt Debt, in law, obligation, enforceable by legal action, to make payment of money. In modern law the term debt has no precisely fixed meaning and may be regarded essentially as that which one person legally owes to another. Under common law, however, an action for debt was a […]
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Quorum
A quorum is the minimum number of people o members of a committee, board of directors, society, meeting of shareholders, legislative assembly or other body required to be in attendance in order a vote can be taken or the body to act. Legislative Quorum in Canada As stated by the […]
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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 […]
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Name Change
Name, Change From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Name, Change (1): The name of an ecclesiastical corporation is arbitrary and a change or alteration in its name does not affect its identity.126 A charter will not be granted to a church with a name so like another church […]
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Conditions
Conditions, Effect From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Conditions, Effect (1): Where $1,000 was given defendants to erect and maintain forever a Lutheran church and prohibiting the grantee from alienating or disposing of or otherwise changing or encumbering the land by […]
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Conditions
Conditions, Effect From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Conditions, Effect (1): Where $1,000 was given defendants to erect and maintain forever a Lutheran church and prohibiting the grantee from alienating or disposing of or otherwise changing or encumbering the land by […]
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Special Law
Special Law, General Laws From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Special Law, General Laws (1): In most of the States there is a special law under which congregations may be incorporated. New York is a good example.111 Where such law does not exist, the congregation may be […]
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Temporal Affairs
Temporal Affairs, Management From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Temporal Affairs, Management (1): A majority of a religious corporation at a regularly called meeting may, by a vote taken, bind the minority in all temporal affairs.120 The character of membership in the […]
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Temporal Affairs
Temporal Affairs, Management From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Temporal Affairs, Management (1): A majority of a religious corporation at a regularly called meeting may, by a vote taken, bind the minority in all temporal affairs.120 The character of membership in the […]
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Dissolution
Dissolution in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: The means by which a Legislature comes to an end before an election.
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Fund Dissolution
Dissolution, Fund From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Dissolution, Fund (1): The corporation of a congregation can not by seceding and a majority vote dissolve the corporation where it is a part of a superior body.148 But the courts have plenary powers over corporations […]
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Reorganization
Spanish Translation of reorganization of business in cases of insolvency or bankruptcyThis is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to reorganization of business in cases of insolvency or bankruptcy and / or a definition of this topic: Concurso de Acreedores (in Spanish, […]
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Subsequent
Constitution, Subsequent Laws From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Constitution, Subsequent Laws (1): An ecclesiastical society formed before the adoption of the state constitution is not by that constitution and subsequent laws concerning religious societies divested of […]
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Regular
Church, Regular From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Church, Regular (1): In church organizations those who adhere to the regular order of the church, legal and general, though a minority, are the true congregation and constitute the corporation if incorporated.128 […]