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kirk session
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kirk session
n
(Christianity / Protestantism) the lowest court of the Presbyterian Church
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In the royal burghs (towns) civic authorities were responsible for co-ordinating collection and disbursement (and for suppressing unlicensed begging), even if Kirk Sessions administered relief in practice until the nineteenth century.
Poor relief and the dangerous and criminal insane in Scotland, c. ... by Houston, R.A. / Journal of Social History
Such marriages were often subsequently registered with the established church, on payment of a fine, and kirk sessions would also investigate cases of apparent illegal cohabitation, and thereby force admission of irregular marriage.
Clandestine marriage in the Scottish cities 1660-1780 by Mitchison, Rosalind / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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