Jus Patronatus
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In English ecelesiastical jaw. The right of patronage; the right of presenting a elerk to a beneiice, Blount. A commission from the bishop, where two presentations are offered upon the same avoidance, directed usually to his changellor and others ef competent learning, who are to summon a jury ol six clergymen and six laymen te inquire into and examine who ia the rightful patron.
3 Bl. Comin. 246; 3 Steph. Comm, 517.