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
Constitution of a church, 21, 81, 88;
of U. S. and Church, 45, 68, 127;
members, Bible, 127, 350, 358.
Consolidation of churches, 73.
Contests, how settled, 158;
suit for bequest, 319;
to hold meeting, 179.
Contracts, with churches, 46, 335, 345;
binding members, 59;
State courts enforce, 292;
Sunday, 410.
Contributions to deposed priest, 104;
right to enjoy, 310.
Control of business of church, 72;
vests in corporation, 73;
doctrine and discipline, 122;
under state law, 155;
board of trustees, 161, 279;
societies’ collections, 274;
cemetery, joint lot, 451.
Controversy, submission of, 97.
Convent, consent of parents, 366.
Conditions, what are binding, 75;
pews, lease, sale, 242;
bequests, deeds, 284, 313, 321;
quit claim of heirs, 286.
Corporation, members, 253;
bequests to religious, 306;
name, error, 317.
Corpse, burial, mutilation, 463, 466.
Corrective authority over wife, 370.
Councils of Church, 378.
Counsel in church tribunal, 200.
Courts, state, 60;
church and state, 216;
do not decide doctrine, 311;
religion of child, 365.
Court of equity, church title, 212.
Creditors, securing, 263;
gifts of debtor, 483;
bankruptcy, 302.
Creed, state courts, 211.
Crime, polygamy, 40;
church tribunal, 292;
charging, slander, 388;
sins distinguished, 396;
blasphemy is a, 405;
autopsy to detect, 462.
Criticisms of clergy, 385.
Cruel chastisement unlawful, 354.
Curate, appointment of, 53, 96;
salary of, 108.
Custody of children, 361;
of wife, 369;
of corpse, 457, 464.
Custom of church, meetings, 180.
Cy-pres doctrine abrogated, 325.
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Damages, property destroyed in riot, 52;
expulsion from society, 188.
Death, record, proof, 191.
Debts, unincorporated body, 54;
may be limited by law, 74;
permission to incur, 101;
individual liability, 117;
seceders liable for, 126;
bishop’s liability, 169;
mortgage, 261, 263;
power to settle, 263.
Decisions of church court, 88;
in submitted case, 97;
appeal from church, 206;
final in doctrine, 209.
Deed by order of court, 254;
description of grantee, 259;
to bishop, effect, 262;
in priest’s name, 267, 270;
conditions in, 284;
cemetery lot, 41;
form cemetery deed, 438.
_De facto_ officers, acts, 165.
Defenses, law, canon law, 8.
Deficiency judgment, 232.
Definitions, 20, 34;
excommunication, 131.
Delegated authority, 82.
Deposed clergymen, donations to, 104.
Devise on condition of faith, 135;
uncertainty of, 271;
of cemetery lot, 435.
Diocese, state law in, 51;
title of church, 266;
rules for cemeteries, 455.
Directors and Bible, 347.
Direct payment of tax to church, 345.
Disability of members, 57.
Discretion of officers, 167.
Disease from cemetery, 434.
Discipline and officers, 63;
bishop may enforce, 83, 89;
members subject to, 90, 381;
inferior authority, 308, 381;
tribunals of church, 386, 396;
physical, unlawful, 387.
Dismissal of clergyman, 109.
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