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In English ecclesiastical law. A stipend granted in cathedral churches; also, but Improperly, a prebendary. A simple prebend is merely a revenue; a prebend with dignity has some jurisdiction attached to it The term "prebend" is generally confounded with "canonicate;" but there is a difference between them. The former is the stipend granted to an ecclesiastic in consideration of … [Read more...] about PREBEND

An ecclesiastical person serving on the staff of a cathedral, and receiving a stated allowance or stipend from the Income or endowment of the cathedral, in compensation for his services. … [Read more...] about PREBENDARY

Day-works which the tenants of certain manors were bound to give their lords in harvest time. Magna precaria was a great or general reaping day. Cowell. … [Read more...] about PRECARIAE, OR PRECES

In Spanish colonial taw. An order emanating from the sovereign, and differing from a cedula only In form and In the mode of promulgation. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 93, note. … [Read more...] about PRAGMATICA

Liable to be returned or rendered up at the mere demand or request of another; hence held or retained only on sufferance or by permission; and by an extension of meaning, doubtful, uncertain, dangerous, very liable to break, fail, or terminate. Precarious circumstances. The circumstances of an executor are precarious, within the meaning and intent of a statute, only when his … [Read more...] about PRECARIOUS