Pew
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A seat in a church, separated from all others, with a convenient place to stand therein. It is derived from puye, and signifies primarily an inclosed seat in a church.
L. R. 5 C. P. 224.
It is an incorporeal interest in the real property. And although a man has the exclusive right to it, yet it seems he cannot maintain trespass against a person entering it (1 Term R. 430); but case is the proper remedy (3 Barn. & Aid. 361; 8 Barn. & C. 294). In Connecticut and Maine, pews are considered real estate. In Massachusetts and New Hampshire, they are personal property. Gen. St. Mass. c.
30, § 38; 1 Smith, St. 145.
The precise nature of such property does not appear to be well settled in New York. 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 218; 16 Wend. (N. Y.) 28; 5 Cow. (N. Y.) 494.
See 10 Mass. 323; 17 Mass. 438; 7 Pick. (Mass.) 138; 4 N. H. 180; 4 Ohio, 515; 4 Har. & McH. (Md.) 279; Best, Pres. Ill; Crabb, Real Prop. §§ 481-497; Washb. Easem.