A treatise on the law of idiocy and lunacy : to which is subjoined an appendix, containing the practice of the Court of Chancery on this subject, and some useful practical forms / By A. Highmore, solicitor.

  • Anthony Highmore
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1807
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Credit: A treatise on the law of idiocy and lunacy : to which is subjoined an appendix, containing the practice of the Court of Chancery on this subject, and some useful practical forms / By A. Highmore, solicitor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    w hether she was in a state of mind to manage her own affairs, and in the mean time restrained her from executing any power of attorney. If a beneficed clergyman becomes lunatic, his living is not vacated thereby, so as to let in the pa- tron to a presentation : but it is most adviseable for his next relations to see that the duty be properly supplied; otherwise the churchwardens may, eos officio].apply for a commission of lunacy, and with the permission or approbation of the bishop of the diocese,':'obtain a sequestration, and employ a fit person themselves, as a curate; or the bishop., or his archdeacon, may appoint a curate. In the case of Hall v. Warren (w), after the finding under the commission, the living, which was in the diocese of London,was sequestrated ; and the incumbent soon afterwards died. The object of the ordinary in sending out his se- questration, is, that the cure should not remain un- supplied, and to preserve its profits (??) ; which, as in cases of death, or duiing suits, is for the benefit of the successor, so in cases of lunacy are, upon the principles stated in another part of this work, for the incumbent upon his recovery. The persons appointed sequestrators have a duty somewhat similar to that of a Committee (o) ; first (w) Q Ves. 605. (o) Wats. 30. («) God. ap. 14. giving
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