Simony of Ecclesiastical Law in UK Law
Legislation
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Statute Law (Repeals) Measure 2018
... ... of the Church of England to repeal certain enactments of ecclesiastical law which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of ... Simony Act 1588 (31 Eliz 1 c. 6) ... ...
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Simony Act 1713
... ... Stat. 2. An Act for the better Maintenance of Curates within the Church ofEngland ... ; and for preventing any Ecclesiastical Persons from buying the next Avoidance of any Church Preferment. (13 Ann.) C A P. XII. (11) ... 'WH E R E A S the absence of beneficed Ministers ... ...
- New Parishes Acts and Church Building Acts Amendment Act 1869
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Resignation Bonds Act 1827
... ... for the Relief of certain Spiritual Persons and Patrons of Ecclesiastical Preferments, from certain Penalties; and rendering valid certain Bonds, ... Words or to the Effect following; to wit, ‘For the avoiding of Simony and Corruption in Presentations, Collations, and Donations of and to ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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An Economic Model of the Medieval Church: Usury as a Form of Rent Seeking
... ... and other transaction costs were high within the ecclesiastical hierarchy be- ... cause of low-level technology and the geographic ... simony, lay investiture, usury, and the jurisdictions of monasteries and ... 3 ... ...
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Skirting the Justice System through Presidential Clemency in Zambia: Some Critical Reflections
... ... The ecclesiastical imperative for pardoning and forgiving wrongdoers is easily discernable ... ‘In the case of simony, though the King doth pardon the simony, yet the disability remains still ... ...
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Measure for Measure on Trial—a Shakespearean Mock Trial
... ... before their wedding … were regularly summoned to the ecclesiastical courts and ordered to solemnize their unions in church as soon as ... a religious officer, specifically a friar, contrary to the Simony Act 1588 c 6, sections 6 and 8. 17 He uses his guise for the sole purpose ... ...
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Hauke Brunkhorst’s Critical Theory of Legal Revolutions
This article sets out a critical response to the recent work of Hauke Brunkhorst. In particular, it raises questions about the theory construction underlying this work, notably the elements of Brun...... ... law into a medium for far-reaching reform of the ecclesiastical organization, formed a caesura in the com- ... of the priesthood and the church (struggling against simony ... ...
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