Lay Investiture
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Investitube; Annulus et Baculus.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In ecolesiastical law. The ceremony of putting a bishop in possession of the temporalities of his diocese.
Defined under Lay in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In ecclesiastical law. The ceremony of putting a bishop in possession of the temporalities of his diocese,