Advowson

Advowson
From LoveToKnow 1911
ADVOWSON, or ADVOWZEN (through O. Fr. advouson, from Lat. advocatio, a summons to), the right of presentation to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice, ...

ADVOWSON - Ecclesiastical Law. From advow or advocare, a right of presentation to a church or benefice.

"... manors, advowsons, messuages, lands, tithes, rents, and hereditaments...." ...

But, in the United States, there, are no advowsons, tithes, dignities, nor corodies.

the authority of canon law and the conflict between church and state in many countries, and in England notably between Henry II and Thomas Becket, arose from disputes over the boundaries between canon law and domestic law in matters such as advowsons ...

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