Jus Patronatus
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English ecclesiastical law. The right of patronage; the right of presenting a clerk to a benefice.
Blount.
A commission from the bishop, where two presentations are offered upon the same avoidance, directed usually to hls chancellor and others of competent learning, who are to summon a jury of six clergymen and six laymen to inquire into and examine who is the rightful patron.
3 BL Comm. 246 ; 3 Steph. Comm. 517.