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Claim of Right

Claim of Right proper noun: the statement, in Scottish constitutional law, of the right of the church to spiritual independence and liberty from the interference of the civil courts in her spiritual functions, adopted by an immense majority of the General Assembly in 1842.

Proper noun

Claim of Right

  1. (historical) The statement, in Scottish constitutional law, of the right of the church to spiritual independence and liberty from the interference of the civil courts in her spiritual functions, adopted by an immense majority of the General Assembly in 1842.

Questions about Claim of Right

What does Claim of Right mean?
Claim of Right means the statement, in Scottish constitutional law, of the right of the church to spiritual independence and liberty from the interference of the civil courts in her spiritual functions, adopted by an immense majority of the General Assembly in 1842.
What part of speech is Claim of Right?
Claim of Right is a proper noun.

Words near Claim of Right in the dictionary

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