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In churches, ih.

Right to, where, 674.

Of persons dying felo de se, 675, 687.
On whom lies obligation to provide, ib.
In the church, 677.

right of incumbent with respect to,
ib.

Of shipwrecked persons, 678.
Mode of, 679.

Service, 681, 686, 689.

Of unbaptised persons, 687.

Of excommunicate persons, ib.
Causes for refusing, ib.

Fees for, 689 to 693.

Registration of, ih.

Certificate of registrar before, 693.

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faculty for, ib.

disputes thereupon, 394.

Goods, utensils, and ornaments, 415.
before the Reformation,

ib.

after the Reformation, 417, 418,
419.

Unnecessary goods, 420.

when parish chargeable with repair
of, ib.

organs, when necessary, ib.
salary of organist, 421.

general rule as to goods being ne-

cessary or not, ib.

monuments, 422. See MONUMENTS.

CHURCH DISCIPLINE ACT,

All proceedings against clergymen, as
such, regulated by, 31.

Proceedings under, ib.

Ecclesiastical offences under, 32.
Preliminaries before issuing commission,
33.

Proceedings of commissioners under, ib.
by bishop under, 34.

Assessors, 35.

Sentence, ib.

appeal from sentence, 36.
Ministers of peculiars subject to, 37.
Punishments, 38.

Constitution of court of ultimate appeal
under, 39.

time when appeals must be made,
41.

costs of appeals, 42.

CHURCH RATES,

Origin and antiquity of, 437.
Purposes of, 438.

CHURCH RATES-(continued.)

Legal objects of, at common law, at pre-
sent, 440.

Object of, by statute law, 441.

enlarging and extending church ac-
commodation, ib.

repairing churches by means of loan,
ib.

building new churches by rate, ib.
Object of, prospective, 444.
Retrospective, illegal, 445.

earlier cases as to, ib.

present state of the law, ib.

what constitutes a retrospective rate,
446.

Subject of, 448.

Kinds of property chargeable to, 449.
Directions of the thirteen doctors as to
the subject of, 450.

remarks on directions, ib.
Exemptions from payment of, ib.

glebe or church endowments of same
parish, 451.

inhabitants of a chapelry, 452.

newly formed ecclesi-
astical districts, 453.

property of the crown, ib.

stalls in a market, ib.
Authority by which church rates may be
imposed, 454.

cases where common law courts can
interfere to compel the making
of, 457.

power of ecclesiastical courts to de-
cide on validity of, 458.

Remedy for parties aggrieved by, 459.
Summary jurisdiction for recovery of,

460.

Appeal in such cases, ib.

Levy by distress for payment of, 461.
Effect of notice given to dispute validity
of, 462.

Indirect authority of Court of Queen's
Bench in ordinary church rates, 463.
by prohibition, ib.

Limits of jurisdiction of ecclesiastical
courts with respect to, ib.

CHURCHWARDENS, 180.

Origin of, as synodsmen or sidesmen, ib.
How they ought to sue, ib.

Their power over the goods of the church,
181.

What persons disqualified for the office,

182.

What persons not compelled to serve, ib.
What persons must serve if chosen, 183.
Number of, 184.

Election of, and canon thereon, ib.

chosen in vestry, 185.

method of conducting election, 186.
legality of election, how tried, 187.
In newly built churches and chapels, 188.
Form of swearing into office, 189.

duty of ordinary therein, ib.

CHURCHWARDENS-(continued.)
Their duties, 191.

presentments, ib.
time and place of, ib.

what offences are presentable,
192.

to keep order in church, ib.
not to interfere in the ordering the
service, 193.

duties as guardians of the church,
194.

to keep the church in order,
and provide things necessary
for the performance of divine
service, ib.

duties as sequestrators, 195.
duty as to fabric of church, ib.
limits of duty as to repairs and ad-
ditions, 196.

duty as to arranging seats in the
church, 197.

duty as to the bells, belfry, and
ringers, ib.

duty as to the churchyard, ib.
Permitting burial of strangers in the
churchyard, 198.

Legal remedies allowed to churchwar-
dens, ib.

Cannot be reimbursed by retrospective
rate, 199.

Remedies against, ib.

criminal proceedings against, 200.
in the Ecclesiastical Court, ib.
difficulties in conduct of such
proceeding, 201.

civil proceedings against, ib.

To render account of monies received and

expended at the end of their year, ib.
remedies if they refuse to account
on going out of office, ib.

allowing the accounts and proving
items, 202.

Determination of office before expiration
of year, 203.
CHURCHWAY.
Repair of, 434.
CHURCHYARDS.
Origin of, 425.
Legalised, 426.
Consecration of, ib.

Former privileges of sanctuary in, ib.
Freehold of, in the minister, 427–433.
Trees in, ib.

for what purposes may be felled,
428.

Right of parishioners to use of, ib.
Restrictions on minister's right to, ib.
Fences, &c. of, 430.

Repairs of, ib.

Boundary of, ib.

Encroachments on, 431.

Monuments in. See MONUMENTS.

Are under the protection of the church-
wardens, 433.

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Episcopal members of, ib.

Chairman and oflicers of, 48.
Powers of members of, ib.
Schemes of, 49.

registration of such schemes, ib.
Revenues at disposal of, 50.

sources of such revenues, ib.
Powers of, for enforcing payment of re-
venues, 54.

application of revenues, ib.
Commissioners authorised to borrow of
Queen Anne's bounty, 55.

security for repayment of loan, ib.
Authority of commissioners, 56.
See also BISHOP-CHURCH DISCIPLINE
ACT-GILBERT ACT-MORTMAIN.

COMMON PRAYER,

Book of, 596.

provided in churches, 418.

COMMUNION,

Rubric with respect to, 694.
When to be administered, 695.
Causes for refusal of, ib.
Notice of, 697.

Tables, 417, 697.

Bread and wine for, ib.

Private administering of, 698.

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disputes between and incumbent,
169.

certain incumbents exempted
from operation of act, 170.
scale of stipends of, ib.

smaller stipends in certain cases, ib.
charges on stipend, 172.

case of agreements for stipends less

than allowed by the scale, 173.
arrears of stipend, how recoverable,
ib.

parsonage houses assigned to, ib.

taxes, &c. thereon, when paid,
174.

where benefice is sequestered, ib.
notice by, on quitting curacy, 175.
notice to, by new incumbent, ib.
revocation of license by bishop, 177.

appeal, ib.

appointed by the bishop for the per-
formance of a third service, 599.

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