In ecclesiastical law. A division or separation in a church or denomination of Christians, .occasioned by a diversity of faith, creed, or religious opinions. Nelson v. Benson, 69 lit 29; McKlnney v. Griggs, 6 Bush (Ky.) 407, 96 Am. Dec 360. In English law. The name of an act passed in the reign of Queen Anne, whicb restrained Protestant dissenters from educating their own children, and forbade all tutors and schoolmasters to be present at any conventicle or dissenting place of worship. The queen died on the day when this act was to have taken effect, (August 1. 1714,) and it was repealed la the fifth year of Geo. I. Wharton.