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In English ecclesiastical law. The corrupt presentation of any oue to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or re-ward. 2 Bl. Comm. 278. An unlawful con-tract for presenting a clergyman to a hene-flce. The buying or selling of ecclesiastical preferments or of things pertaining to the ecclesiastical order. Hob. 167. See State v. Buswell, 40 Neb. 158, 58 N. W. 728, 24 L. R. A. 68

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)