stipend
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 1862N — in this section (2 versions over time)
the term “stipend” means an award under subsection (d).
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A provision made for the support of the clergy. Salary; settled pay. In a bequest of £100 for masses for the repose of the testator’s soul, at a stipend of five shillings each, it was held to mean price and not to involve any attempt to create a perpetuity; 19 L. R. Q. B. 177.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A salary; settled pay. Man-gam v. Brooklyn, 98 N. Y. 507, 50 Am. Rep. 705.
In English and Scotch law. A provision made for the support of the clergy.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Any periodical payment for services. In English ecclesiastical law, it is particularly used for the income of an ecclesiastical living or curacy; and, in Scotland, to denote the provision made for the ministers of the Presbyterian establishment. Stipendiary magistrates. A class of magistrates receiving salaries, who are appointed in London and other populous districts, and having powers generally commensurate with those of justices of the peace. See Oke Mag. Syn. 6.