The Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act 1871
WHEREAS as well for the better sustentation of houses of residence, chancels, and other buildings which incumbents of ecclesiastical benefices and other ecclesiastical persons are by law or custom bound to maintain in repair, as also for the relief of such persons and their representatives, it is expedient to amend the law relating to ecclesiastical dilapidations: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo...