A Legal Guide for the Clergy; WITH APPENDIX OF STATUTES, AND THE JUDGMENT OF THE FINAL COURT ON BY R. DENNY URLIN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, AUTHOR OF THE 'OFFICE OF TRUSTEE,' WESLEY'S PLACE IN CHURCH HISTORY,' ETC. BIBLIOTHER APR 1878 BODI FIANA LONDON: KNIGHT AND CO., 90 FLEET STREET, E,C. 1878. PREFACE. THIS attempt to condense within very narrow limits so much of the Law Ecclesiastical of England as is usually required, is designed for the use of such of the Clergy as are not possessed of more elaborate treatises, and have not ready access to good libraries. The object has been to state with impartiality, as well as with brevity, the existing law. The judgment in the Folkestone case is appended, in the belief that it must be accepted (however unwillingly by many) as a final settlement of the law on some material points. The writer desires to acknowledge the assistance which he has derived from the very complete and accurate work of Sir R. Phillimore, The Ecclesiastical Law;' also to acknowledge several valuable |