ECCLESIA

Lat. An assembly. A Christian assembly; a church. A place of religious worship. Spelman. Eeclesia ecclesise decimas solvere non debet. Cro. Eliz. 479. A church ought not to pay tithes to a church. Eeclesia est domus mansionalis Omni potentis Dei. 2 Inst 164. The church is the mansion house of the Omnipotent God. Eeclesia est infra cetatem et in ens todia domini regis, qui tenetnr jura et hsereditates ejnsdem ntann tenere et de fendere. 11 Coke, 49. The church is under age, and in the custody of the king, who is bound to uphold and defend its rights and inheritances. Eeclesia fungitur vice mlnoris; meli orem conditionem nam facere potest, deteriorem nequaquam. Co. Litt 341. The church enjoys the privilege of a minor; It can make its own condition better, but not worse. Ecclesia non moritur. 2 Inst. 3. The church does not die. Ecclesise magis favendnm est qnarn personse. Godol. Ecc. Law, 172. The church is to be more favored than the parson.