Deprivation
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergyman is deprived of his parsonage, vicarage, or other ecclesiastical promotion or dignity. See Ayliffe, Par. 206; 1 Bl. Comm. 393.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A censure by which a clergyman is deprived of his parsonage, vicarage, or other ecclesiastical promotion or dignity. See Ayliffe, Parerg. 206; 1 Bla. Com. 393. See Degradation.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English ecclesiastical law. The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice or other spiritual promotion or dignity, either by, sentence of the proper court, or in pursuance of statutes
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In English eccleai. astical law. The taking away from a clergyman his benefice or other spiritual promotion or dignity, either by sentence declaratory in the proper court for fit and sufficient causes, or in pursuance of divers penal statutes which declare the benefice void for some nonfeasance or neglect, or some malfeasance or crime. 3 Steph. Com, 87, 88. Burf Cs EccL La Wj tit. Deprivation.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
ecclesiastical punishment, is a censure by which a clergyman is deprived of his parsonage, vicarage, or other ecclesiastical promotion or dignity. Vide Ayliff’s Parerg. 206; 1 Bl. Com. 398.