The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law: The Law of Church and GraveScanlan, Charles Martin
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The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law: The Law of Church and Grave
Scanlan, Charles Martin
Burial laws -- United States; Ecclesiastical law -- United States
Action in church tribunal, 86;
for expulsion, 137;
unincorporated party, 217;
slander by deceased, 382.
Acts of majority, when void, 177.
Adjournment, 181.
Adoption of children, 367.
Adoration, 29.
Adverse possession, cemetery, 446;
church property, 257.
Aid from Government, 46.
Agent, priest of bishop, 270.
Alabama, bequest for Masses, 316.
Ambiguity, proof clearing, 326.
Ambiguous provision, proof, 272.
America, civil and common law, 17.
Anonymous letter not privileged, 224.
Answer of priest as witness, 222.
Appeal, church tribunal, 86;
right of, 206.
Application, for cemetery, 427.
Appointed officers, 121.
Appropriation for hospital, 44;
can not be from taxes, 335;
indirect, 335, 46, 28, 375.
Argument when privileged, 387, 386.
Arrears, pew rent, membership, 250.
Arrest, authority, damages, 474.
Assault and battery, 387.
Assessment, of pews, 243;
of cemetery void, 293.
Assistance to enforce order, 356.
Association, discipline, bishop, 454.
Attainder, not lawful, 36.
Attendance, test of membership, 144.
Authority in ancient nations, 3;
inferior must obey, 85, 93;
use of force by priest, 100;
court may decide contested, 112;
of priest as to cemetery, 281;
of sexton in church, 314;
of teacher outside of school, 355;
to cut trees in cemetery, 469.
Autopsy, authority to make, 462.
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Bankruptcy, church, 302.
Bailee, gift of, 483;
donor, 483.
Ballot, when required, 149.
Baptism, how to record, 191.
Bells, ringing a nuisance, 479.
Benefit, work for, on Sunday, 409.
“Benefit of the Clergy,” 10.
Bequest, legatees, religion, 136, 320;
purpose of enforceable, 284;
laws of state control, 306;
consent of heirs to change, 313;
mistake may not defeat, 317.
Birth, how record kept, 191.
Bible in schools, 29, 49, 218, 347, 348;
constitution of sect, 127;
constitutional rights, 350;
Indian schools, 375.
Bigamy, unconstitutional, 38;
charge of, slander, 384.
Bishop, superior authority, 81, 83;
subject to Pope, 82;
discipline of priest, 99;
church debts, 169, 261;
removal of priest, 199;
deed of church land, 287;
control over cemetery, 454;
removal of bodies, 460;
societies, control of, 473.
Bishop’s residence, taxes, 331.
Blasphemy, a crime, 405, 218.
Blessed Virgin, 406.
Board acts as body only, 360;
authority outside of school, 355.
Bodies, change of cemeteries, 450;
custody of deed, 457;
disposing by will, 466;
property in, 465.
Bologna, law school of, 14.
Burned church, land title, 294.
Building, liability of members, 56;
subscriptions for, 275;
committee, liability, 170;
contracts, liability, 233.
Burial, right of, 113;
regulations, 429, 445;
non-resident, 458;
right to control, 464.
Burying dogs in cemetery, 452.
Business, religion, 110;
notice of meeting, 176;
law will enforce, 230;
Sunday, 408;
or property, libel of, 394.
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