induction
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Definitions from Case Law
From 321 U.S. 542 - Billings v. Truesdell · 1944Most cited · 547 citing opinions
induction under the Act and the present regulations is the end product of submission to the selective process and compliance with the orders of the local board
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In ecclesiastical law. The giving a clerk, instituted to a benefice, the actual possession of its temporalities, in the nature of livery of seisin. Ayliffe, Par. 299.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Ecclesiastical Law. The giving a clerk, instituted to a benefice, the actual possession of Its temporalities, in the nature of livery of seisin. Ayliffe, Parerg. 299.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In _ ecclesiastical law. Induction is the ceremony by which an incumbent who has been instituted to a benefice is vested with full possession of all the profits belonging to the church, so that he becomes seised of the temporalities of the church, and is then complete incumbent. Itis performed by virtue of a mandate of induction directed by the bishop to the archdeacon, who either performs it in person, or directs his precept to one or more other clergymen to do it. Phillim. Eee. Law, 477.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The ceremony of giving a clergyman actual possession of the temporalities of a benefice, after the instituiion; as by holding the ring of the door, to Uing the bell, or the like; when he becomes imparsonee.