Advowson is the right in English law, the law of England and Wales (but not Scotland and Northern Ireland) is considered by some to be one of Britains great gifts to the world. Also known generally as the common law (as opposed to civil law), it was exported to Commonwealth countries while the British... English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant Ecclesiastical means pertaining to the Church (especially Christianity) as an organized body of believers and clergy, with a stress on its juridical and institutional structure. Also see Ecclesiology. Categories: Stub ... ecclesiastical benefice. In effect this means the right to nominate a person to hold a church office.

This is now of mainly historical importance, but in mediaeval times and earlier, when the church was politically and economically very important, such a right could have great significance. An example can be seen in the article on Grendon is a small and pretty village in rural Northamptonshire, England on the borders of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire - with many houses made of the local limestone; various older thatched houses still survive. The current population is about 464 (1991), and is popular with commuters to London or Milton Keynes. It... Grendon (Northamptonshire).

Advowsons were one of the earliest incorporeal hereditaments. As such, courts will still occasionally look to the common law on the transfer of advowsons for guidance on the transfer of modern incorporeal hereditaments, such as farming allotments. See First Victoria Nat'l Bank v. United States, 620 F.2d 1096 (5th Cir., 1980).