 | Charles Buck - 1807 - 508 pages
...and seem to have been, from first to last, and without any one exception, mere impostures. SIMONY, is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice, for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the hin of Simon Magus,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 pages
...the right of presentation to a living is forfeited and vested firo hac vice in the crown. Simony is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the sin of Simon Magus,... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 498 pages
....and seem to have been, from first to last, and without any one exception, mere impostures. SIMONY, is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice, for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the sin of Simon Magus,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 384 pages
...arithmetic, geometry. X SIM Sec. denotes the relation of two things similar to each other. SIMONY, is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice, for money, rift, reward, or benefit. It was not an offence punishable criminally at the common law, it being1... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 382 pages
...SIMILITUDE, in arithmetic, geometry, &c. denotes the relation of two things similar to each other. SIMONY, is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice, for money, gift, rewarrl, or benefit. It was not an offence punishable criminally at the common law, it being... | |
 | George Crabb - 1823 - 704 pages
...to the ordinary by neglect of the patron to present within six calendar months. 4-. For simony, ie the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward, whereby the right of presentation to a living is forfeited, and vested pro fiac vice... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...the right of presentation to a living is forfeited and vested pro hac vice in the crown. Simony is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. Upon the statutes many questions have arisen, with regard to what is, and what is... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 626 pages
...the right of presentation to a living is forfeited, and vested pro hae vice in the crown. Simony is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the sin of Simon Magus,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 pages
...Ayliffe. So amony nor sinecure is known ; There works the bee, no honey for the drone. Garth. SIMONY is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from its resemblance to the sin of Simon Magus, though the purchasing... | |
 | George Crabb - 1830 - 384 pages
...angles, &.C. which have the same disposition and con formation of the parts. SIMONY -(in England). The corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice, for money, gift, reward, or benefit. SIMPLE (in Medicine). What is not mixed with any other thing, as opposed... | |
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Simony is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the sin of Simon Magus, though the purchasing of holy orders seems to approach nearer to... 
