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FACULTY, canon law (law)


FACULTY, 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 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. power, which, when it is delegated, is called a faculty, to another. 2. Faculties are of two kinds; first, when the grant is to a man and 2. 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 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 T. R. 429, 432; 12 appurtenant to a house which he holds in the parish. 1 T. R. 429, 432; 12 Co. R. 106. Co. R. 106.