By the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish : they are for the use, in common, of the parishioners, who are all entitled to be seated, orderly, and conveniently, so as best to provide... Things not generally known, familiarly explained - Page 170by John Timbs - 1856 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1834 - 778 pages
...right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish : they are for the use, m common, of the parishioners, who are all entitled...best to provide for the accommodation of all. The distrihution of seats rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject to the control of... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1822 - 916 pages
...By the general law, and of common right," he says, " all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish : they are for the use, in...rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject to the control of the ordinary. Neither the minister, nor the vestry, have any right whatever... | |
| Jesse Addams - Ecclesiastical law - 1825 - 548 pages
...question at issue. By the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish : they are for the use, in...rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject to the control, of the ordinary. Neither the minister nor the vestry, have any right whatever... | |
| Sir Edward Coke - Law reports, digests, etc - 1826 - 538 pages
...(A) " By the general law, and of common " right, all the pews in a parish church arc • the common property of the parish : they ' are for the use in common of the pa' rishioners, who are all entitled to be • seated orderly and conveniently, so as ' best to provide... | |
| EDWARD YOUNGE, JOHN JERVIS - 1829 - 672 pages
...that " by the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a JONES parish church are the common property of the parish ; they are for the use, in...rests with the church-wardens, as the officers, and subject to the control of the ordinary. Neither the minister, nor the vestry, have any right whatever... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Edward Younge, Sir John Jervis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1829 - 682 pages
...observes, that " by the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish; they are for the use, in common,...rests with the church-wardens, as the officers, and subject to the control of the ordinary. Neither the minister, nor the vestry, have any right whatever... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1826 - 790 pages
...doctrine. " By the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish ; they are for the use in common...so as best to provide for the accommodation of all ; " and after laying down this as a general rule, he states, among other positions, " that no faculty... | |
| Theology - 1833 - 866 pages
...says — " By the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish ; they are for the use in common...rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject to the control of the ordinary. Neither the minister nor the vestry have any right whatever... | |
| John Henry Brady - Corporations, Religious - 1834 - 444 pages
...pews in a parish church are the common property of churches by r • i_ ic ^.v • r~ u general law the parish ; they are for the use in common of the...parishioners, who are all entitled to be seated orderly the common i • Ai --.i- , , i « , property of and conveniently, without payment, so as best to parishioners.... | |
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