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Ecclesia
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EcclesiaIn classical Greek this word signifies any assembly. But ordinarily, in the New Testament, the word denotes a Christian assembly, and is rendered into English by the word church.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Assembly
The union of a number of persons in the same place.
Testament
Civil law. The appointment of an executor or testamentary heir, according to the formalities prescribed by law.
Christian
One who believes or assents to the doctrines of Christianity, as taught by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, or who, being born of Christian parents or in a Christian country, does not profess any other religion, or does not belong to any one of the other religious divisions of man. Hale v. Everett, 53 N.H. 50 (1868). See Name, 1.
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).
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Ecclesiastic
A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon.
Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
Ecclesiastical courts
English law. Courts held by the king's authority as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern religion.
Ecclesiastical law
By this phrase it is intended to include all those rules which govern ecclesiastical tribunals.
Ecclesiastics
Canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular.
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Easements
Estates. An easement is defined to be a liberty privilege or advantage, which one man may have in the lands of another, without profit; it may arise by deed or prescription.
Easter term
English law. One of the four terms of the courts. It is now a fixed term beginning on the 15th of April and ending the 8th of May in every year. It was formerly a movable term.
Eat inde sine die
Words used on an acquittal, or when a prisoner is to be discharged, that he may go without day, that is, that he be dismissed.
Eaves-droppers
Criminal law. Persons as wait under walls or windows or the eaves of a house, to listen to discourses, and thereupon to frame mischievous tales.
Ecchymosis
Medical jurisprudence. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may exist, as in cases of scurvy, and other morbid conditions, without the latter.
Ecclesia
Ecclesiastic
A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon.
Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
Ecclesiastical courts
English law. Courts held by the king's authority as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern religion.
Ecclesiastical law
By this phrase it is intended to include all those rules which govern ecclesiastical tribunals.
Ecclesiastics
Canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Assembly
The union of a number of persons in the same place.
Testament
Civil law. The appointment of an executor or testamentary heir, according to the formalities prescribed by law.
Christian
One who believes or assents to the doctrines of Christianity, as taught by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, or who, being born of Christian parents or in a Christian country, does not profess any other religion, or does not belong to any one of the other religious divisions of man. Hale v. Everett, 53 N.H. 50 (1868). See Name, 1.
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).
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Ecclesiastic
A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon.
Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
Ecclesiastical courts
English law. Courts held by the king's authority as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern religion.
Ecclesiastical law
By this phrase it is intended to include all those rules which govern ecclesiastical tribunals.
Ecclesiastics
Canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Easements
Estates. An easement is defined to be a liberty privilege or advantage, which one man may have in the lands of another, without profit; it may arise by deed or prescription.
Easter term
English law. One of the four terms of the courts. It is now a fixed term beginning on the 15th of April and ending the 8th of May in every year. It was formerly a movable term.
Eat inde sine die
Words used on an acquittal, or when a prisoner is to be discharged, that he may go without day, that is, that he be dismissed.
Eaves-droppers
Criminal law. Persons as wait under walls or windows or the eaves of a house, to listen to discourses, and thereupon to frame mischievous tales.
Ecchymosis
Medical jurisprudence. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may exist, as in cases of scurvy, and other morbid conditions, without the latter.
Ecclesia
Ecclesiastic
A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon.
Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
Ecclesiastical courts
English law. Courts held by the king's authority as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern religion.
Ecclesiastical law
By this phrase it is intended to include all those rules which govern ecclesiastical tribunals.
Ecclesiastics
Canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular.
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