Provisors, STATUTE OF. The object of this statute, passed in the reign of Edward III. (1350), was to correct and put an end to the abuses which had arisen in the exercise of the papal prerogatives as to the disposal of benefices in England. See ENGLAND (CHURCH OF), Vol. IV. p. 357.
Provisors, STATUTE OF.
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