Decimae
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from decern, ten; L. Fr. dismes.] In ecclesiastical law.
Tenths.
The tenth part of the annual profit of livmgs, or ecclesiastical benefices, formerly 44 ckdmed of the English clergy by the papal see, and afterwards made a part of the royal revenue.
1 BL Com. 284, 286.
Tenths now form a part of the fund called Queen Anne's bounty.
Id. 286. 2 Steph. Com. 648, 660. Tithes.
Ecclesia decimas non solvit ecclesics; the church does not pay tithes to the church. A vicar pays no tithes to the rector, nor the rector to the vicar.
Cro. Miz. 479, 611. 2 BL Com. 31.
See Tithes.
See Tithes.