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Glebe

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

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Glebelajid. [L. Fr. glebe; L. Lat. gleba.'\ In ecclesiastical law. Church land; landf belonging to a parish church. Oowell. Blount. A portion of land attached to the benefice of a rector or vicar, in addition to the parsonage or vicarage house, as part of its endowment. 3 Steph. Com, 113. Anciently called dos ecclesice. Lyndewode, Prov. lib. 3, tit. de eccles. cedifie. § 1. Spelman. Com. Dig. Dismes, B. 2. The four aickers of land, quhilk is granted to the ministers of the evangel within this land, is called ane g Uebe. Skene de Verb. Signif, voc. Mansus,