In Engllsh law. The lay fees of bishops, with w'hich their churches are endowed or permitted to be endowed by the liberality of the sovereign, and in virtue of which they become barons and lords of parliament. Spelmau. In a wider sense, the money revenues of a church, de* rived from pew rents, subscriptions, dona* tions, collections, cemetery charges, and oth-er sources. See Barabasz v. Rabat, SO Md. 23, 37 Atl. 720
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
