- Monition
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- In the U.S., monition refers to a summons.
In English law and the canon law of the Church of England, a monition, contraction of admonition, is an order to a member of the clergy to do or refrain from doing a specified act.[1][2] Other than a rebuke, it is the least severe censure available against clergy of the Church of England.[2] Failure to observe the order is an offence under the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.[3] A monition can be imposed in person by a bishop or by an ecclesiastical court.[2]
Historically, monitions of a disciplinary character were used to enforce residence on the holder of a benefice, or in connection with actions to restrain allegedly unlawful ritual practices under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874. Disobedience to such monitions historically entailed the penalties of contempt of court.[4][5]
References
- ^ Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963, art.49(1)(d)
- ^ a b c Doe, N. (1996). The Legal Framework of the Church of England: A Critical Study in a Comparative Context. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0198262205. http://books.google.com/books?id=vOJ2_grV8y4C&pg=PA216&vq=monition&dq=bishops+in+foreign+countries+act&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1&sig=9iqemkf2eJ34rGyqvtg9V0Sspxg#PPA216,M1. (Google Books)
- ^ art.54
- ^ [Anon.] (1911) "Monition", Encyclopaedia Britannica
- ^ Yates, N. (1999). Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain, 1830-1910. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 251–275. ISBN 0198269897. http://books.google.com/books?id=55aaZGqqh6oC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=public+worship+regualtion+act+english+church+union&source=web&ots=Pr4Epd4hiA&sig=YbPgR7F-KK01DygP1duig-8slFk#PPA236,M1. (Google Books)
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