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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

[L. Lat capella.l In ecclesiastical law. A minor reliffious edifice, in which divine service is oefebrated in the same manner as in the parochial church, but generally of more modem erection, and of a subordinate and auxiliary character.* 8 Steph. Com. 151.