Dean And Chapter
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
\L.Lsit. decanus et capitulum.'] In English ecclesiastical law. A spiritual corporation constituting the council of a bishop, to assist him with their advice in affairs of religion; and also in the temporal concerns of his see.
1 Bl. Com. 382. 3 Co. 74, 75. Co, Litt, 103, 400. 3 Steph, Com. 67. 1 Wooddes, Lect. 182.
Spelman, YOU. Decanus, Wharton. Dean and chapter now supply the place of prior and convent.
3 Co, 74.