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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1811. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... By stat. 26 Geo. III. c. 84. the archbishops of Canterbury or York, -with such other bishops as they shall call to their assistance, may consecrate subjects of countries out of his majesty's dominions to be bishops, without requiring the usual oaths; pursuing the forms prescribed by the act. But no such bishops or their successors, or persons ordained by them, shall exercise their functions within his majesty's dominions. The right of trial by the lords of parliament, as their peers, it is said, does hot extend to bishops; who, though they are lords of parliament, and sit there by virtue of their baronies, which they hoA jure, cclesia, yet are not ennobled in blood, and consequently not peers with the nobility. 3 Inst. 30, 31. see 1 Comm. 401. 4 Comm. 264. and this Diet. tit. Parliament. jlrchbishopricks and bishopricks may become void by death, deprivation for any very gross and notorious crime, and also by resignation. All resignations must be made to some superior. Therefore a bishop must resign to his metropolitan, but the archbishop can resign to none but the king himself. 1 Comm. 382. The following are some of the popular distinctions between archbishops and bishops. The archbishops have the style and title of Grace, and Most Reverend Father in God by Divine Providence. The bishops, those of Lord, and Right Reverend Father in God by Divine Permission. Archbishops are inthroned; bishops installed. Mr. Christian, in his notes on 1 Comm. 380. says, that the supposed answer of a bishop on his consecration, " Nolo episcopari" is a vulgar error. See tit. Parson, Advotvson, Session. BISHOPRICK, The diocese of a bishop. B1SSA, Fr. biche, cerva major, A hind. Mon. Angl. vol. X.fol. 6-8. BISSEXTILE, bissextilis.] Leap year, so called because the sixth day before the...