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Definition of Churchwardens
1. churchwarden [n] - See also: churchwarden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churchwardens
Literary usage of Churchwardens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1830)
"has a right Mandamus to swear two churchwardens chosen by the parishioners of
tin to choose parish of G. in the town of N.; the case was, that the vicar ..."
2. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1890)
"Mr. Cooper Scott read an interesting paper upon the churchwardens' ... As already
explained, the churchwardens' accounts of St. Mary's go back to the ..."
3. Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Simon Fraser (1797)
"churchwardens. C. But it is (aid, ... court hath no power to order * rate to
reimburse the preceding churchwardens, and a prohibition was granted after ..."
4. The Law Reports by James M. Moorsom, Henry Holroyd, James Redfoord Bulwer, Alexander Mortimer, John Edward Hall, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1876)
"The 5876 mode of constituting churchwardens pointed at in the latter part ...
The two churchwardens are to be appointed churchwardens for the new parish "at ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1849)
"... the churchwardens and overseers for the time being of that parish paid ...
to wit, on &c. demised the same to the then churchwardens and overseers of ..."
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