§ 40 Meeting for incorporation
§ 41 Certificate of incorporation
§ 42 Corporate trustees, vestry; powers and duties thereof
§ 42-A Additional powers of the corporate trustees and vestry
§ 43 Annual election and special meetings of incorporated Protestant Episcopal parishes
§ 44 Changing the number of vestrymen of Protestant Episcopal parishes hereafter incorporated
§ 45 Changing date of annual election, number and terms of office of vestrymen and terms of office of churchwardens in Protestant Episcopal ch…
§ 46 Changing the qualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen
§ 47 Free churches in communion with the Protestant Episcopal church
§ 48 Legacies
§ 49 Eligibility of certain minors as lay delegates and to vote and hold office

Terms Used In New York Laws > Religious Corporations > Article 3 - Protestant Episcopal Parishes or Churches

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.