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IMPROPRIATION Definition & Legal Meaning

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In ecclesiastical law. The annexing an ecclesiastical benefice tothe use of a lay person, whether individual or corporate, In the same way as appropriationis the annexing of any such benefice to the proper and perpetual use ofsome spiritual corporation, whether sole or aggregate, to enjoy forever. Brown.

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