Temporalities
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Revenues, lands, tene- Tail; Estate for Life; Severalty, Estate ments, and lay fees which bishops have from in; Sufferance; Estate at Will; Estate livery of the king, and in virtue of which for Years; Estate of Joint Tenancy; Esthey sit in parliament. 1 Rolle, Abr. 881. tate pur Autre Vie; Entirety; Elegit; Statute Merchant; Statute Staple; Joint
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. The lay fees of bishops, with which their churches are endowed or permitted to be endowed by the liberality of the sovereign, and in virtue of which they become barons and lords of parliament. Spelman.
In a wider sense, the money revenues of a church, derived from pew rents, subscriptions, donations, cellectioiis, cemetery charges, and other sources. See Barabasz v. Kabat, 86 Md. 23, 37 Atl. 720.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. fees of a bishop.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The secular revenues, lands,, tenements, and lay fees belonging to a bishop.