The Legal Position of the Clergy

by Philip Vernon Smith

[19] Reg. v. Sowter (1901) 1 K. B. 66; rev., 396.

[20] Phill. Eccl. Law, Pt. i. ch. v. pp. 194-207; Pt. iv. ch. xi. §3, pp. 1051-1054; 1 Burn, 93-97. According to a table of fees settled under the authority of the Act 30 & 31 Vict. c. 135, and published in the London Gazette of March 19, 1869, the fees to be paid by each parish at either an episcopal or an archidiaconal visitation are 18s.; viz. 2s. to the chancellor or archdeacon (as the case may be), 12s. 6d. to the registrar, and 3s. 6d. to the apparitor.

[21] Ayl. Par. 205; Gibs. Cod. 971-973; 2 Burn, 119-125; Dansey's Horæ Decanicæ Rurales (2nd ed., 1844), Pts. iv, v.

[22] 3 & 4 Vict. c. 86.

[23] 37 & 38 Vict. c. 85.

[24] 55 & 56 Vict. c. 32.

[25] Cripps, 67, 68; (1882) 45 & 46 Vict. c. 50, ss. 12 (1) (b), 14 (3); (1888) 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41, s. 2 (2) (a); (1899) 62 & 63 Vict. c. 14, s. 2 (4), (5).

[26] (1801) 41 Geo. 3 (U. K.), c. 63.

[27] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 28, 31; (1841) 4 & 5 Vict. c. 14.

[28] (1861) 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100 (Offences against the Person), s. 36.