The Legal Position of the Clergy

by Philip Vernon Smith

[389] 59 & 60 Vict. c. 28 (Finance Act, 1896) ss. 26, 27.

[390] 16 & 17 Vict. c. 34 (Income Tax Act, 1853) s. 52; Charlton v. Inland Revenue Commissioners (1890) 27 Sc. L. R. 647; Lothian v. Macrae (1883) 22 Sc. L. R. 219.

[391] Inland Revenue v. Strang (1878) 15 Sc. L. R. 704.

[392] Turner v. Cuxon (1888) 22 Q. B. D. 150; Herbert v. M'Quade (1901) 2 K. B. 761; rev. on app. (1902) 2 K. B. 631.

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INDEX

Ablutions, [91]
Absolution, [135 sq.], [138-140]
Admission to benefice, [25-37];
to curacy, [55];
of churchwardens, [69]
Advowson, [8];
sale and transfer of, [26-28]
Agnus Dei, [90]
Albe, [89]
Allegiance, oath of, [35]
Apportionment of income on vacancy, [160]
Archbishop, [15], [25], [28], [31 sq.], [56], [101], [113]
Archdeacon, [17 sq.], [69], [74], [154]
Articles, Thirty-nine, [34], [36], [53], [87 (n.)]
Authority, lawful, [34], [81]
Baldacchino, [89]
Bankruptcy, [57], [58]
Banns, [85], [100], [109-112], [115]
Baptism, [91-93]; lay, [93], [123]
Beadle, [75 sq.]
Bells, [70], [83], [121], [135], [143 sq.]
Benefice, [14];
admission to, [25-37];
holding of two, [44], [52]
Beneficed clergy, [14-16], [25-54]
Benefices Act, [26-33], [46]
Bigamy, [105]
Biretta, [89]
Bishop, [15-17], [27], [39], [55 sq.], [70], [83], [129], [145];
suffragan, [16]
Body, cast up by sea, [123];
removal of, [133] sq., [147]
Brawling, [24], [71]
Brick grave, [122 (n.)], [126]
Buildings, [149-159];
removal of, [158 sq.]
Burial, [121-134]
Burial Acts, [128-133];
Act of 1880, [123], [126 sq.];
Act of 1900, [129-133]
Candles, Candlesticks, [88], [90]
Canons, Canon Law, [3-5]
Canonical obedience, [15], [35]
Catechising, [98 sq.]
Cemetery, [128], [145 (n.)], [147 sq.]
Ceremonies, [86], [90], [91]
Certificate of surveyor, [152 sq.];
of registrar for marriage, [101], [112-115]
Chalice, mixed, [90]
Chancel, [143-146];
seats in, [70];
gates, [88]
Chancellor, [16 sq.], [69], [117], [125 sq.]
Chapel, private, [42];
of school or institution, [42];
proprietary, [42 sq.];
of burial-ground, [129 sq.]
Chasuble, [89]
Choristers, [76]
Church, rights in, [69-71], [142-148];
burial under, [124];
of new parish, [11], [43], [101]
Church Discipline Act, [18-20], [54]
Church Trustees, [72 sq.]
Churching, [99]
Churchwardens, [33], [59], [67-71], [85 sq.], [122 sq.], [142 (n.)]
Churchyard, [69-71], [142-148]
Clergy, civil privileges and disabilities, [21-24];
duties, [20-22], [38 sq.];
ordained for service abroad, [12] sq., [29];
protection, [22], [24];
relinquishment of office, [24];
secular occupations, [21-23];
unbeneficed, [14], [55-64]
Clergy Discipline Act, [19 sq.], [54], [100]
Clergy Resignation Bonds Act, [50]
Clerical Disabilities Act, [24]
Clerk, parish, [59], [73 sq.], [130-132]
Collation, [33-37]
Collection of money, [70 sq.], [85 sq.]
Colonial Clergy Act, [12 sq.], [29]
Commission of inquiry, [18], [45 sq.], [59]
Communion service, [82], [90 sq.];
administration, [93-97];
refusal of, [94-97], [118-120];
of sick, [136 sq.]
Confession, [135 sq.], [138-140]
Confirmation, [96 sq.], [137 sq.]
Consecration, [103];
of burial-ground, [128-130]
Conviction, [54]
Cope, [89]
Coroner's order, [127 sq.]
Corporate status of incumbent, [141 sq.]
Council (borough, county, district, parish), [21];
parochial church, [79]
Courts, ecclesiastical, [5-7]
Credence table, [88]
Cremation, [133]
Cross, [87];
sign of, [90]
Crucifix, [87]
Curate, [48], [55-64];
assistant, [10], [12], [14], [60-61];
in charge, [12], [56-60];
perpetual, [9 sq.]
Curates' Augmentation Fund, [168]
Cure of souls, [38]
Dangerous structure, [145]
Deacon, [20 sq.], [93], [115]
Dean, [17 (n.)];
rural, [18], [154]
Declaration of assent, [34 sq.], [55]
Deprivation, [48], [52-54]
Dilapidations, [152-159]
Diocese, Diœcecis, [7]
Dissenters, [91], [96 sq.], [103 sq.], [123], [126 sq.]
Divorce, [106 sq.]
Dues, [163 sq.]
Easter offerings, [63 sq.]
Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, [152-160]
Elevation, [90]
Emblements, [160]
Established Church, [1-3]
Exchange, [50], [52]
Excommunicate, burial of, [123]
Faculty, [71], [88], [122 sq.], [133],[145-148]
Farming, [22 sq.], [151]
Fees, [36 sq.], [55], [117], [124-6], [130-133], [164]
Fire insurance, [69 sq.], [157]
First fruits, [165 sq.]
Flower vases, [88]
Foreigner, marriage of, [107 sq.];
ordination of, [12 sq.], [29]
Genuflexions, [90]
Gilbert Acts, [149 sq.]
Glass shades, [145]
Glebe, [22 sq.], [148 sq.], [151 sq.], [160]
Godparents, [92]
Gown, black, [90]
Grave, private, [122 sq.], [126], [146]
Guardian of poor, [21];
of minor, [104 sq.]
Homily, [97 sq.]
Hood, [89]
House, parsonage, [148-159]
House of Commons, [21];
of Lords, [21]
Hymns, [77], [90], and note
Illegitimate child, baptism of, [91];
marriage of, [105], [111 (n.)]
Images, [88]
Immersion, [92]
Incense, [90]
Income Tax, [167 sq.]
Incumbent, [12];
rights and duties of, [38-43], [63 sq.], [141-168]
Incumbents' Resignation Acts, [51 sq.]
Induction, [36 sq.]
Institution, [33-37]
Ireland, banns in, [110];
clergy of, [12 sq.], [29]
Judicial decisions, [5-7], [87 (n.)];
procedure, [18-20]
Jury, exemption from, [21]
Justice of the peace, [21]
Keys of Church, [143]
Laity, [65-79];
baptism by, [93], [123]
Lapse, [25 sq.]
Leases, of glebe, [151 sq.];
of buildings, [151], [158]
Lecture, Lecturer, [12], [64], [98]
Lecturers and Parish Clerks Act, [64], [74]
Licence, admission by, [33-37];
for marriage, [101 sq.], [113-116];
in mortmain, [142];
to officiate, [55-64];
for unconsecrated building, [41], [43], [102]
Litany, [82], [84]
Lunatic, resignation of, [51];
marriage of, [105]
Marriage, [100-120];
validity of, [101], [118-120]
Mines, [149]
Minister in charge, [12], [56-60]
Minor, marriage of, [104 sq.]
Money, collection of, [70 sq.], [85 sq.]
Monument, [145 sq.]
Mortmain and Charitable Uses Acts, [142]
Mortuaries, [164]
Neglect of duties, [44-46], [59], [62]
Non-parishioner, burial of, [121-123]
Non-residence, [46-49], [58 sq.], [151]
Notices, [85]
Offertory, [70 sq.], [85 sq.]
Orders, indelibility of, [24]
Organ, Organist, [76 sq.], [143]
Ornaments, [86-89];
Rubric, [86], [87 (n.)]
Parish, parochia, [7];
new, [10 sq.], [43], [102], [164]
Parson, [8]
Parsonage house, [148-159]
Patronage, [8], [25-28]
Peel district and parish, [11 (n.)], [59 sq.]
Pension on resignation, [51 sq.]
Pew, private, [143];
rents, [164 sq.]
Pictures, [88]
Prayer, Morning and Evening, [82-85]
Prayer Book, [34], [80-85];
First of Edward VI., [87 (n.)], [89], [93 sq.], [137 (n.)], [138 sq.]
Preaching, [63 sq.], [97 sq..]
Presentation, [25-33]; next, [27]
Private ministrations, [40 sq.], [135-140]
Prohibited degrees, [103], [108 sq.]
Property Tax, [167 sq.]
Public Worship Regulation Act, [19 sq.], [53]
Quarries, [149]
Queen Victoria Clergy Fund, [168]
Rates, [145]
Reader, [77 sq.]
Rector, rectory, [8-10], [143-146]
Register of marriages, [117 sq.]
Registrar, certificate of, [101], [112-115];
licence of, [112 sq.];
service after marriage before, [116]
Religious worship, liberty of, [41 sq.]
Removal of body, [133 sq.], [147]
Reservation, [91], [137]
Residence, [46-49], [58 sq.], [151];
house of, see Parsonage House;
for marriage, [110], [113]
Resignation, [25], [49-52]
Roman Catholic patron, [28]
Rural Dean, [18], [154]
Sacristan, see Sexton
Scarf, [89]
School Sites Acts, [142]
Schools, [78 sq.]
Scotland, banns in, [110];
clergy of, [12 sq.], [29]
Sculptures, [88]
Seats (see also Pew), [70]
Sequestration, [47 sq.], [53], [56 sq.], [71], [154-158]
Sermon, [82], [84], [97 sq.]
Service, Divine, [80-99]
Sexton, [74 sq.], [130-132]
Sick, visiting of, [78];
Visitation of, [135 sq.] ;
Communion of, [136 sq.]
Sidesmen, [71 sq.]
Simony, [50], [52];
declaration against, [34 sq.]
Stole, [89]
Sturges Bourne's Act, [65-67]
Suicide, [123]
Surplice, [70], [89 sq.]
Surrogate, [113]
Surveyor, diocesan, [152], [155 sq.]
Table, Holy, [87];
second, [88]
Tax, income, [167 sq.]
Tenths, [165 sq.]
Testimonials, [30 sq.], [56]
Tithes, [7-10], [148], [160-162]
Tombstone, [145 sq.];
removal of, [147 sq.]
Trading, [22 sq.]
Trustees, Church, [72]
Tunicle, [89]
Unbaptized, burial of, [123]
Unbeneficed clergy, [14-16], [55-64]
Unconsecrated buildings, [41-43]
Uniformity, Acts of, [53], [80-84], [87 (n.)], [98]
Vacancy, [48-54], [56 sq.], [71], [153 sq.], [159]
Vault, [122 sq.], [126], [144], [146]
Vestments, [86], [89 sq.]
Vestry, [65-67], [89], [146];
marriage in, [116]
Vicar, Vicarage, [9], [11], [33]
Visitation, [16], [17], [69];
of sick, [135 sq.]
Wafers, [90]
Waste, [148 sq.]
Welsh language, [44 sq.]
Widow, occupation of parsonage house by, [159]

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