TEMPORALITIES

In English law. The lay fees of bishops, with which their churches are endowed or permitted to be endowed by the liberality of the sovereign, and in virtue of which they become barons and lords of parliament. Spelman. In a wider sense, the money revenues of a church, derived from pew rents, subscriptions, donations, collections, cemetery charges, and other sources. See Barabasz … [Read more...] about TEMPORALITIES

Lat. In the civil law. Temporary; limited to a certain time, Temporalis aetio. An action which could only be brought within a certain period-Temporalis exceptio. A temporary exception which barred an action for a time only. … [Read more...] about TEMPORALIS

The peers of England; the bishops are not in strictness held to be peers, but merely lords of parliament 2 Steph. Comm. 830, 845. … [Read more...] about TEMPORAL LORDS

The effects of the passage of time on the jurisdiction of a court of law over a legal matter or action. … [Read more...] about TEMPORAL JURISDICTION

Two English inns of court thus called because anciently the dwelling place of the Knights Templar. On the suppression of the order, they were purchased by some professors of the common law, and converted into hospitia or inns of court They are called the "Inner" and "Middle Temple," in relation to Essex House, which was also a part of the house of the Templars, and called the … [Read more...] about TEMPLE