The institution of one in an office to which another has been previously instituted; as where A. is admitted and instituted to a benefice upon one title, and B. is admitted and Instituted on the title or presentment of another. 2 Cro. Eliz. 463. A church being full by institution, if a second institution is granted to the same church this is a superlnstltution. Wharton. … [Read more...]

That which occurs after an event which acts so as to change what occurs, see supervening cause and intervening cause. … [Read more...]

In English law. An officer who superintends the registers of births, deaths, and marriages. There is one in every poor-law union in England and Wales … [Read more...]

See intervening cause. … [Read more...]

One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate. 3. Of courts, some are supreme or superior, possessing in -general appellate … [Read more...]