Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Spiritual

adj. Of or relating to ecclesiastical rather than secular matters < spiritual corporation.

custos spiritualium

[Law Latin "keeper of the spiritualities"] Eccles. law. A member of the clergy responsible for a diocese's spiritual jurisdiction during the vacancy of the see.

guardian of the spiritualities.

Eccles. law. A person who exercises the spiritual and ecclesiastical jurisdiction of a diocese during a vacancy in the see or the absence of the bishop.

law spiritual

See ECCLESIASTICAL LAW. lawsuit, n. See SUIT.

lord spiritual

An archbishop or bishop who is a member of the House of Lords.

spiritual corporation

A corporation wh, members are spiritual persons, such as h 1 apt ".

spiritual court

See ecclesiastical court.

spiritual lord

An archbishop or bishop having a seat in the House of Lords.

spiritual tenure

A tenure that bears some relation to religious exercises, such as frankalmoign and tenure by divine service.