Oblations
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
or obventions, are offerings or customary payments made, in England, to the minister of a church, including fees on marriages, burials, mortuaries, etc., (q. v.,) and Easter offerings.
2 Steph. Comm. 740; Phillim, Ece. Law, 1596.
They may be commuted by agreement.