Excerpt from Legal Formulary, or a Collection of Forms to Be Used in the Exercise of Voluntary and Contentious Jurisdiction: To Which Is Added an Epitome of the Laws, Decisions and Instructions Pertaining TheretoThe Formulary is confined to diocesan affairs, to bishops and priests and to their official rela tions. English being the language of our diocesan courts as well as of the Apostolic Delegation in Washington, this Formulary is printed in English, except where prudence requires the use of Latin. The object of this work is not to give extensive treatises on the various subjects mentioned. But rather to offer an epitome of the law on necessary points and to provide safe forms.Whatever appears in the following pages is cheer fully submitted to the judgment and correction of proper ecclesiastical authority.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.