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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.