parishioners
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
From 22 U.S. 445 - John Mason v. John Muncaster · 1824Most cited · 15 citing opinions
in an accurate and legal sense, the parishioners are not the cestuis que trust, for they have, individually, no right or title to the property. It is the property of the parish, in its corporate or aggregate capacity, to be applied and disposed of for parochial purposes, under the authority of the Vestry, who are its legal agents and representatives.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Members of a parish. In England, for many purposes they form a body politic. See Parish.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Tlie residents of an English parish, known as " parishioners," have, in that character, important rights of local government. Parishioners are a body politic for many purposes; as to vote at a vestry, if they pay scot and lot: and they have a sole right to raise taxes for their own relief, without the interposition of any superior court; may make by-laws to mend the highway, and to make banks to keep out the sea, and for repairing the church, and making a bridge, &c., or any such thing, for the public good. Encijc. Lond.