Church Rate
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A tribute by which the expenses of the church are to be defrayed. justices, or in the ecclesiastical court. Wharton.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A tribute by which the expenses of the church are to be defrayed. They are to be laid by the parishioners, in England, and may be recovered before two Justices, or in the ecclesiastical court. Wharton, Diet
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. A sum assessed for the repair of parochial churches by the representatives of the parishioners in vestry assembled.
Defined under Church in Black's Law Dictionary.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A rate imposed upon the parishioners of a parish for the repairs of the church. Sometimes called a church lay. Holthouse. 1 Wooddes. Lect. 160.