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Faculty Definition
In Canon Law. A license; an authority. For example, the ordinary, having the disposal of all seats in the nave of a church, may grant this power, which, when it is delegated, is called a “faculty,” to another. Faculties are of two kinds: First, when the grant is to a man and his heirs in gross; second, when it is to a person and his heirs as appurtenant to a house which he holds in the parish. 1 Term R. 429, 432; 12 Coke, 106. In Scotch Law. Ability or power. The term “faculty” is more properly applied to a power founded on the consent of the party from whom it springs, and not founded on property. Karnes, Eq. 504. In American Colleges. The faculty is the body of instructors.
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| Faculty | Faculty in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Faculty | Faculty in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| Faculty | Faculty in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| Faculty | Faculty in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Faculty | Faculty in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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In Canon Law. A license; an authority. For example, the ordinary, having the disposal of all seats in the nave of a church, may grant this power, which, when it is delegated, is called a “faculty,” to another. Faculties are of two kinds: First, when the grant is to a man and his heirs in gross; second, when it is to a person and his heirs as appurtenant to a house which he holds in the parish. 1 Term R. 429, 432; 12 Coke, 106. In Scotch Law. Ability or power. The term “faculty” is more properly applied to a power founded on the consent of the party from whom it springs, and not founded on property. Karnes, Eq. 504. In American Colleges. The faculty is the body of instructors.
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