Perpetual Curacy
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The office of a curate, in a parish where there is no spiritual rector or vicar, but where the curate is appointed to officiate for the time by the impropriator. 2 Burn, Ecc. Law, 55. The church of which the curate is perpetual. 2 Ves. Sr. 425, 429. See 2 Steph. Comm. 76; 2 Burn, Ecc. Law, 55; 9 Adol. & E. 556. As to whether such curate may be removed, see 2 Burn, Ecc. Law, 55.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The office of & curate in a parish where there is no spiritual rector or vicar, but where a clerk (curate) is appointed to officiate there hr the impropriator. 2 Burn, Ecc. Law, 55. The church or benefice filled by a curate under these circumstances is also so called.
Defined under Curate in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English ecclesiastical law. A place of divine worship, having parochial rights, of which the incumbent is not removable at pleasure by the rector or vicar of any supposed mother church.