CHOP CHURCH - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CHOP CHURCH? Definition of CHOP CHURCH in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

A word mentioned in 9 Hen. VI. c. 65, by the sense of which it was in those days a kind of trade, and by the judges declared to be lawful. But Brooke, in his abridgment, says it was only permissible by law. It was, without doubt, a nickname given to those who used to change benefices, as to "chop and change" is a common expression. Jacob.

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