Bible Encyclopedias
Dilapidations
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
in English law, is the name given to the waste committed by the incumbent of an ecclesiastical living. By the general law a tenant for life has no power to cut down timber, destroy buildings, etc. (voluntary waste), or to let buildings fall into disrepair (permissive waste). See Encyclop. Brit. (9th ed.) s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Dilapidations'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/dilapidations.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.