 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.  The Jurist - Page 1331861Full view - About this book
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | California - Civil procedure - 1872 - 774 pages
...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. 4. A licensed physician or Burgeon cannot, without the consent of hia patient,... | |
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