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Church and ground, &c. shall vest in such persons as are specified in the sentence of consecration who shall be a corporation, &c.
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14. From and after the completion of every such church or chapel, the land, ground, and scite whereon the same shall be built, with the cemetery thereto belonging, if any, and which land, ground, and scite shall be specified and described in the sentence of consecration of the church or chapel, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be vested in such person or persons and their successors for ever, by such name and style, as shall be specified in the sentence of consecration of the church or chapel; and such person or persons shall in every such case have perpetual succession in the name and style specified in the sentence of consecration, and shall hold the lands, grounds, and scites so vested in them as bodies corporate, by such name and style, without incurring or being subjected to any of the penalties or forfeitures of the statute of mortmain, or of any other law or statute whatsoever, to the use, intent, and purpose that every such church or chapel, with the cemetery to the same, if any, shall, when consecrated, be for ever thereafter set apart and dedicated to the service of Almighty God as a place of divine worship, according to the liturgy and usages of the united Church of England and Ireland as by law established, and be subject to the bishop of the diocese as such.
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