An Ordinance to incorporate the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, to confirm their Title to the Fief and Seigniory of the Island of Montreal, the Fief and Seigniory of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and the Fief and Seigniory of Saint Sulpice, in this Province; to provide for the gradual extinction Of Seigniorial Rights and Dues, within the Seigniorial limits of the said Fiefs and Seigniories, and for other purposes.

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    2 Victoria Chapter 50 (Session 4)
  • Year
    1839
  • Concepts
    Property Law
    Religion
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Local
  • Number of Articles
    16
  • Description
    This Ordinance establishes “The Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal" as an Ecclesiastical Corporation or Body Corporate and Ecclesiastical and confirms the proprietors of the same have right and title to the fiefs and seigneuries held and possessed by them, and gives instruction for how seigneurial or feudal rights and burthens can be extinguished.
  • Source
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