Presentation
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In ecclesiastical law. The act of a patron offering his clerk to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted in a church or benefice.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Ecclesiastical Law. The act of a patfon offering his clerk to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted in a church or benefice. See Presentment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In ecclesiastical law. QSie act of a patron or proprietor of a llving in offering or presenting a clerk to the ordinary to be instituted in the benefice.
— Presentation office. The office of the lord chancellor's official, the secretary of presentations, who conducts all correspondence having reference to the twelve canonries and six hundred and fifty livings in the gift of the lord chancellor, and,draws and issues the fiats of appointment. Sweet.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English ecclesiastical law. The act of a patron or proprietor of a living, in offering a clerk to the ordinary for institution.