What is a rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation called?
mandate — (Canon Law) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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