Vestry definition

Vestry means the lay persons who, together with the Rector and Church Wardens, comprise the Parish;

Vestry means the lay persons who, together with the Incumbent and Church Wardens, comprise the Parish Corporation;

Vestry means the board of directors of a parish corporation as defined in Canon XI, Section 11.11.

Examples of Vestry in a sentence

• Vestry members of the church shall be elected at said meeting or any adjournment thereof.History: 1899, Act 40, Imd.

• FDA will issue a tentative approval letter when tentative approval is appropriate in accordance with paragraphs (b)(3) or(e)(1)(vi) of this section.

• The Bishop shall give notice to the Rector and Vestry that a godly judgment will be rendered in the matter after consultation with the Standing Committee and that either party has the right within ten days to request in writing an opportunity to confer with the Standing Committee before it consults with the Bishop.

• In the case of a Vestry, invoke any available sanctions including recommending to the Convention of the Diocese that the Parish be placed under the supervision of the Bishop as a Mission until it has complied with the judgment.

• When a Parish is without a Rector or Priest-in-Charge, the Vestry shall designate a member of the Parish to fulfill this function.

More Definitions of Vestry

Vestry means the vestry of a parish and shall also include the advisory council, board, or other committee charged with decision making for worshipping communities or chaplaincies, including the Department of Camp McDowell.

Vestry means the Inhabitants of the Parish lawfully assembled in Vestry, or for any of the Purposes for which Vestries are holden, except in those Parishes in which there is a Select or other Vestry elected under an Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of King George the Third, Chapter Twelve, "to amend the " Laws for the Relief of the Poor," or elected under an Act passed in the Second Year of King William the Fourth, Chapter Sixty, " for the better Regulation of Vestries, and for the " Appointment of Auditors of Accounts, in certain Parishes " of England and Wales" or elected under the Provisions of any Local Act of Parliament for the Government of any Parish by Vestries, in which Parishes it shall mean such Select or other Vestry:

Vestry means the members of a Congregation elected or chosen to represent the Congregation with respect to its business matters and other affairs as provided by Canon 7.

Vestry means the Vestry constituted as hereinafter provided.

Vestry means the board of directors of a parish corporation as defined inCanon XI, Sec. 11.11.

Vestry means the members of the Vestry of the Church or any other governing body of the Church which may be hereafter legally substituted for the Vestry.

Vestry means the body elected in accordance with Article IV hereof, which shall act as the board of directors of the Corporation.