Schism
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In ecclesiastical law. A division or separation in a church or denomination of Christians, occasioned by a diversity of faith, creed or religious opinions. Nelaon v. Benson, 69 III. 29; McKinney v. Griggs, 5 Bush (Ky.) 407, 96 Am. Dec. 360.
— Schism-bill. In English law. The name of an act passed in the reign of Queen Anne, which restrained Protestant dissenters from educating their own children, and forbade all tutors and schoolmasters to be present at any conventicie or dissenting place of worship. The queen died on the day when this act was to have taken effect, (August 1, 1714,) and it was repealed la the fifth year or Geo. I. Wharton.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Separation; division. " In case a schism or division shall take place in a society " means in case a society shall separate, divide, or become partitioned, without reference to its external relations.^
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A clause of a statute that, lent to saying that in case a society shall separate, divide, or become partitioned, without any reference to its external relations. Mc Kinney o. Griggs, 5 Bmh, 401, 415.