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Curate
CurateEcclesiastical Iaw. One who represents the incumbent of a church, person, or20 vicar, and tades care of the church, and performs divine service in his stead. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Ecclesiastical Belonging to, or set apart for the church. Incumbent Ecclesiastical law. A clerk resident on his benefice with cure; he is so called because he does, or ought to, bend the whole of his studies to his duties. In common parlance, it signifies one who is in the possession of an office. Church A temple or building consecrated to the Honor of God and religion; or, an assembly of persons, united by the profession of the same Christian faith, met together for all religious worship. Robertson v. Bullions, 9 Barb. 95 (1850). The civil courts have only to do with the rights of property. When a right of property depends on a civil court question, and that question has been decided by the highest tribunal within the religious organization to which it has been carried, the civil courts accept that decision as final. Relations of Civil Law to Church Policy (1875) Hon. William Strong; Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 713, 722-31 (1871). Person This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. Service 1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process; SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Curable depreciation Items of physical deterioration and functional obsolescence that are economically feasible to cure. Curator Persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. Curatorship Offices, contracts, in the civil law. The power given by authority of law, to one or more persons, to administer the property of an individual who is unable to take care of his owu estate and affairs, either on account of his absence without an authorized agent, or in consequence of his prodigality, or want of mind. Curatrix A woman who has been appointed to the office of curator. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Cumul The combination of contractual and extra-contractual recourses in a single claim or suit. “Cumul” is acceptable in common law jurisdictions. Civil law on the other hand usually resolves the tort/contract problems by prohibiting the “cumul” and usually imposing the contractual relationship. Cumulative Forming a heap Cumulative legacy Accumulative legacy. An accumulative legacy is a second bequest given by the same testator to the same legatee, whether it be of the same kind of thing, as money, or whether it be of different things, as, one hundred dollars, in one legacy, and a thousand dollars in another, or whether the sums are equal or whether the legacies are of a different naturer. Cumulative sentences Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively, rather than concurrently. Curable depreciation Items of physical deterioration and functional obsolescence that are economically feasible to cure. Curate Curator Persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. Curatorship Offices, contracts, in the civil law. The power given by authority of law, to one or more persons, to administer the property of an individual who is unable to take care of his owu estate and affairs, either on account of his absence without an authorized agent, or in consequence of his prodigality, or want of mind. Curatrix A woman who has been appointed to the office of curator. Cure A restoration to health. Curfew The name of a law, established during the reign of the English king, William, the conquerer, by which the people were commanded to dispense with fire and candle at eight o'clock at night. It was abolished in the reign of Henry I., but afterwards it signified the time at which the curfew formerly took place. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Curate. If you have a better definition for Curate than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Curate may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Curate and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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