modus de non decimando

modus de non decimando
A manner or custom of not paying tithes. Where particular persons or lands had become discharged or exempted by immemorial usage or custom from the payment of tithes they thus acquired a prescriptive immunity from such payment, which was called a "modus de non decimando." See 2 Bl Comm 29.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • modus de non decimando — /mowdas diy non desamaendow/ In Ecclesiastical law, a custom or prescription of entire exemption from the payment of tithes; this is not valid, unless in the case of abbey lands …   Black's law dictionary

  • modus de non decimando — /mowdas diy non desamaendow/ In Ecclesiastical law, a custom or prescription of entire exemption from the payment of tithes; this is not valid, unless in the case of abbey lands …   Black's law dictionary

  • modus de non decimando non valet — /mowdas diy non desamaendow non vaelat/ A modus (prescription) not to pay tithes is void …   Black's law dictionary

  • modus de non decimando non valet — /mowdas diy non desamaendow non vaelat/ A modus (prescription) not to pay tithes is void …   Black's law dictionary

  • Modus de non decimando non valet — A modus or prescriptive exemption from the payment of tithes is not valid. This was the rule as to lay tenants, but spiritual persons or corporations, such as monasteries, abbots, bishops, and the like were always capable of having their lands… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Tithe — For the type of land division, see Tithing (country subdivision). The Tithe Pig, group by Derby Porcelain, c. 1770 A tithe ( …   Wikipedia

  • de modo decimandi — Of the manner of tithing. A discharge by custom or prescription is where, time out of mind, certain persons or lands have been discharged from the payment of tithes. This immemorial usage is either de modo decimandi or de non decimando. A modus… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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