This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...to resign their Benefices with provision of Pensions. 13th July, 1871. Be it enacted, &c. as follows: 1. This act may be cited for all purposes as "The Incumbents Short title. Resignation Act, 1871." Before this act a clergyman of the church of England could not resign his living, though incapable of discharging its ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...to resign their Benefices with provision of Pensions. 13th July, 1871. Be it enacted, &c. as follows: 1. This act may be cited for all purposes as "The Incumbents Short title. Resignation Act, 1871." Before this act a clergyman of the church of England could not resign his living, though incapable of discharging its duties from ill-health, and secure a pension for his maintenance, because a resignation must be unconditional, pure, sponte, absolute et simpliciter, in order to exclude all indirect bargains not only for money but for any other valuable consideration. Cripps, 664. A clergyman will be entitled to avail himself of this act, if he has been the incumbent of his benefice for seven consecutive or continuous years, and is then incapacitated by permanent mental or bodily infirmity (sect. 5); or if he is a lunatic, then the committee of his estate may resign the living and obtain for him a pension for the remainder of his life (sect. 18). It would seem that the benefice, in respect of which the pension is assignable, must be held by the incumbent throughout the whole seven years, and no break or change in the benefice will be allowed. Besides, a benefice can only be charged with one pension at a time in favour of any particular incumbent (sect. 9.) 2. Except where otherwise controlled by the context, the follow-Definition of ing terms shall in this act have the following meanings; (namely, ) terms. The term "benefice" shall comprehend all rectories with cure of r Benefice 1 souls, vicarages, new vicarages, perpetual curacies, donatives, endowed public chapels, parochial chapelries, and chapelries with or without districts annexed or belonging to them: The term "bishop" shall, with reference to any benefice, mean the Bish...
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