' Presentation ' is the offering of a clergyman by the patron, or owner, of an advowson to the Bishop or ordinary, by a kind of letter in writing, requesting him to admit the clergyman named in it to the Church. When the Bishop, or Ordinary, alter due examination, certified in writing that the clergyman was a fit person to serve the church, the latter was said to be "admitted." The Bishop, or Ordinary then "instituted" the clergyman, by the formal commitment to him of the cure of souls. This was done by the clergyman kneeling before the bi.sho]) and reading his promise of faithful duty from a written instrument prepared beibrehand with the episcopal seal attached, which he held in his hand.s, and afterwards retained. This gave him the right to the temporalities of the Church. After the completion of the " Institution" the Bishop, or Ordinary, issued a "Mandate of Induction " in writing, directed to him who had the power to induct of common right, or, in case of there beiug no person possessing this power, to any other proper person whom he saw fit to name, to perform the office. The Actual Induction was made by the authorized person taking the clergyman and putting his hand on the door, wall, or other part of the church edifice, and saying to this eftect -- " By virtue of this mandate to me directed I do induct you into the real, actual, and corporeal possession of the Church of