advowson

American

[ad-vou-zuhn] / ædˈvaʊ zən /

noun

English Ecclesiastical Law.

the right of presentation of a candidate to a benefice or church office.

advowson British

/ ədˈvaʊzən /

noun

English ecclesiastical law the right of presentation to a vacant benefice

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Etymology

Origin of advowson

1250–1300; < Anglo-French; replacing Middle English avoweisoun < Anglo-French, Old French avoeson ≪ Latin advocātiōn-. See advocation

Example Sentences

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An example of a corporeal hereditament is land held in freehold, of incorporeal hereditaments, tithes, advowsons, pensions, annuities, rents, franchises, &c.

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They are nearly 12,000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges.

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In all these parishes they held manors, with the advowsons of several of the churches.

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Thus it is applied to rights of advowson or of common, when possessed simply, and not as incident to any particular lands.

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The founder was a member of that company, and to them he gave the advowson.

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