Vicarage
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), 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 living out benefice of a vicar, usually consisting of the small tithes. 1 Bum, Ecc. Law, 75, 79. Max. 88; Broom, Leg. Max. (8d London Ed.) 758; 2 Bonv. Inst, note 1300,. VICE (Lat.; ablative of vicis, place). In the place or stead. Vice mea, in my place. Used in the composition of words denoting a delegated or depnted authority. A term used in the civil law and in Louisiana, by which is meant a defect in a thing; an imperfection. For example, epilepsy in a slave, roaring and crib biting in a horse, are vices. Rfedhibitory vices are those for which the seller will be compelled to annul a sale and take back the thing sold. Poth. Vente, 203; Civ. Code La. arts. 2498-2507.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Ecclesiastical law. The living or benefice of a vicar: usually consisting of the small tithes. 1 Burn, Eccl. Law 75, 79. VICARI US AP0ST0LICUS. An officer through whom the Pope exercises authority in parts remote, and who is sometimes sent with episcopal functions into provinces where there is no bishop resident or there has been a long vacancy in the see, or into infidel or heretical countries. 2 Phill. Int. L. 529.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English ecclesiastical law. The living or benefice of a vicar, as a parsonage is of a parson. '