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The chief singer In the choir of a cathedral. Mentioned in 13 Eliz. c. 10. … [Read more...] about CHANTER

A bargain made by a stranger with one of the parties to a suit, by which such third person undertakes to carry on the litigation at his own cost and risk, in consideration of receiving, if he wins the suit, a part of the land or other subject sought to be recovered by the action. Small v. Mott 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 405; Jewel v. Neidy, 61 Iowa, 299, 16 N. W. 141; Weakly v. Hall, 13 … [Read more...] about CHAMPERTY

A church or chapel endowed with lands for the maintenance of priests to say mass daily for the souls of the donors. Termes de la Ley; Cowell. … [Read more...] about CHANTRY

A person who fights a combat in his own cause, or in place of another. The person who, in the trial by battel, fought either for the tenant or demandant. 3 Bl. Comm. 339. Champion of the king or qneen. An ancient officer, whose duty it was to ride armed cap a pie, into Westminster Hall at the coronation, while the king was at dinner, and, by the proclamation of a herald, make a … [Read more...] about CHAMPION

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