Persona ecclesiae
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 13 U.S. 43 - Terrett v. Taylor · 1815Most cited · 123 citing opinions
The church was capable of receiving endowments of land, and that the minister of the parish was, during his incumbency, seized of the freehold of its inheritable property, as emphatically persona ecclesiae, and capable, as a sole corporation, of transmitting that inheritance to his successors.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The parson or personation of the church.
Defined under Persona in Black's Law Dictionary.