Look up: advowson

1. Advowson
   The right of nomination or presentation to an ecclesiastical benefice. An advowson is held by a patron, who may he an individual or institution, clerical or secular. The patron presents the candidate to the appropriate Bishop for institution and induction, though the nomination may he refused. An ad...
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2. advowson
   [n] - the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
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3. advowson
   In the Christian church, the right of selecting a person to a church living or benefice; a form of patronage. The right of advowson is historically the survival of an originally much more extensive...
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4. Advowson
   Ad·vow'son noun [ Middle English avoweisoun , Old French avoëson , from Latin advocatio . Confer Advocation .] (Eng. Law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [ Originally, the relati...
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5. advowson
   noun the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
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6. Advowson
   • (n.) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]
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7. advowson
   advowson The right in English ecclesiastical law of a presentation to a vacant benefice.
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8. Advowson
   Ecclesiastical Law. From advow or advocare, a right of presentation to a church or benefice. He who possesses this right is called the patron or advocate, when there is no patron, or he neglects to exercise his right within six months, it is called a lapse, i. e. a title is given to the ordinary to ...
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9. Advowson
   In English law, advowson is a light of presentation to a vacant benefice, or, in other words, a right of nominating a person to officiate in a vacant church. Those who have this right are styled patrons. Advowsons are of three kinds: presentative, collative, and donative: presentative, when the patr...
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10. Advowson
    The right to apppoint a priest to a benefice, especially a parish church (Hey 1998 p 2).
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11. Advowson
    :For the process for appointing a parish priest in the Church of England, see Parish. `Advowson` is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present or appoint a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a process known as presentation. In effect this means the rig...
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