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advowson
[ ad-vou-zuhn ]
noun
- the right of presentation of a candidate to a benefice or church office.
advowson
/ É™»åˈ±¹²¹ÊŠ³úÉ™²Ô /
noun
- English ecclesiastical law the right of presentation to a vacant benefice
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of advowson1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of advowson1
Example Sentences
An example of a corporeal hereditament is land held in freehold, of incorporeal hereditaments, tithes, advowsons, pensions, annuities, rents, franchises, &c.
They are nearly 12,000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges.
In all these parishes they held manors, with the advowsons of several of the churches.
Thus it is applied to rights of advowson or of common, when possessed simply, and not as incident to any particular lands.
The founder was a member of that company, and to them he gave the advowson.
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