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Definition of Advowson

Advowson
Advowson Ad*vow"son (?; 277), n. [OE. avoweisoun, OF. avo["e]son, fr. L. advocatio. Cf. Advocation.] (Eng. Law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.] Note: The benefices of the Church of England are in every case subjects of presentation. They are nearly 12,000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges. --Amer. Cyc.

Meaning of Advowson from wikipedia

- Advowson (/ədˈvaʊzən/) or patronage is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if...
- until 1927 when the parish was transferred to the Diocese of Derby. The advowson of the church belongs to the Church Society and it belongs to the conservative...
- temporalities or his nominee, the patron and his successors in title, held the advowson (right to nominate a candidate for the post subject to the approval of...
- manor of Souldern, had given the advowson of the parish to the Benedictine Eynsham Abbey. The abbot retained the advowson until the abbey was suppressed...
- The Advowsons Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 18) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Advowson is the right to nominate someone to a bishop to be appointed...
- Estate Act 1776 16 Geo. 3. c. 12 Pr. 22 March 1776 An Act for vesting the Advowson of the Rectory of Pewsey, in the County of Wilts, (Part of the Estate comprized...
- Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Recovery of Advowsons in Ireland Act 1844 7 & 8 Vict. c. 27 4 July 1844 An Act to explain and...
- Stafford and for the re-endowment of the said Rectory and the transfer of the advowson to the See of Lichfield and for the endowment or augmentation of new districts...
- episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Fulham (currently Jonathan Baker). The advowson of St Andrew's was anciently held by the family of FitzWalter to which...
- privileges to London's Hospital of St Giles. He also gave the church and advowson to the Abbey of St Valeri, which stood at the mouth of the Somme in Picardy...