A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Page 281by Simon Greenleaf - 1866 - 675 pagesFull view - About this book
| FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions ; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretense or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding,... | |
| Edinburgh Obstetrical Society - Obstetrics - 1898 - 210 pages
...Law, and Medicine equally. According to this legal code, ' the clergyman is prevented from disclosing confessions made to him in his professional character...in the course of discipline enjoined by the rules of practice of the religious body to which he belongs. The attorney or counsellor-at-law is not allowed... | |
| California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Civil procedure - 1868 - 410 pages
...withont the consent of the person making the confession, he examined as a witness as to any confession made to him in his professional character, in the course of discipline enjoined hy the church to which he helongs. Physicians and surgeonx as witneaes. ยง 398.* A licensed physician,... | |
| Murray Hoffman - Ecclesiastical law - 1868 - 364 pages
...the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function : Therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall be eligible to or capable of holding any civil or military office within this State." The 36th Article... | |
| Utah (Ter.) - Law - 1870 - 162 pages
...without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as a witness as to any confession made to him in his professional character, in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs. 8ame- SEC. 382. A licensed physician or surgeon shall not, without the... | |
| Charles W. Langdon - Constables - 1870 - 858 pages
...without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as a witness as to any confession made to him in his professional character, in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs. A licensed physician or surgeon shall not, without the consent of his patient,... | |
| William Oland Bourne - African Americans - 1870 - 822 pages
...arises, whether this would not be inconsistent with the clause of the Constitution which declares that " no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - Constitutional history - 1870 - 628 pages
...the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions ; therefore no minister of the Gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding,... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - Election law - 1871 - 692 pages
...distinguished as such ; and by the fourth section of the second article of the Constitution of this State, ' no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretense or description whatever, be eligible to or capable of holding... | |
| Kansas - Law - 1872 - 488 pages
...advice thereon, without the client,s consent. Fifth, A clergyman or priest concerning any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs without the consent of the person making the confession. Sixth, A physician... | |
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