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A place of worship; a lesser or inferior church, sometimes a part of or subordinate to another church. Webster. Rex v. Nixon, 7 Car. & P. 442. Chapel of ease. In English ecclesiastical law. A chapel founded in general at some period later than the parochial church itself, and designed for the accommodation of such of the parishioners as, in course of time, had begun to fix … [Read more...] about CHAPEL

In criminal law. An accident; an unexpected, unforeseen, or unintended consequence of an act; a fortuitous event The opposite of intention, design, or contrivance. There is a wide difference between chance and accident. The one is the intervention of some unlooked for circumstance to prevent an expected result; the other is the uncalculated effect of mere luck. The shot … [Read more...] about CHANCE

The precinct and limits of a chapel. The same thing to a chapel as a parish is to a church. Cowell; Blount. … [Read more...] about CHAPELRY

In ecclesiastical law. The part of a church in which the communion table stands; it belongs to the rector or the impropriator. 2 Broom & H. Comm. 420. … [Read more...] about CHANCEL

A hood or bonnet anciently worn by the Knights of the Garter, as part of the habit of that order; also a little escutcheon fixed in the forehead of horses drawing a hearse at a funeral. Wharton. … [Read more...] about CHAPERON