Toleration
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In some countries, where religion is established by law, certain sects who do not agree with the established religion are nevertheless permitted to exist; and this permission is called toleration. They are permitted and allowed to remain rather as a matter of favor than a matter of right.
By the Toleration Act of 1 W. & M. c.
18, and subsequent statutes down to the 35 & 36 Viet, c. 26, enabling any person to take any degree (other than^a divinity degree) in the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham, the disabilities of the Roman Catholics, Jews, and Dissenters have been almost wholly removed; 2 Stepk. Com. 707. See Catholic Emancipation Act. In the United States there is no such thing as toleration; all men have an equal right to worship God according to the dictates of their consciences. See Chbistianiiy; Religion; Religious Test.