Chapels
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Places of worship. They may be either "private" chapels, such as are built and maintained by a private person for his own use and at his own expense, or "free" chapels, so called from their freedom or exemption from all ordinary jurisdiction, or chapels "of ease," which are built by the mother church for the ease and convenience of its parishioners, and remain under its jurisdiction and control.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Places of worship. They may be either private chapels, such as are built and maintained by a private person for his own use and at his own expense, or free chapels, so called from their freedom or exemption from all ordinary jurisdiction, or chapels of case, which are built by the mother-church for the ease and convenience of its parishioners, and remain under its jurisdiction and control.