# Monition

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:''In the U.S., monition refers to a [summons](/source/summons).''
In [English law](/source/English_law) and the [canon law](/source/canon_law) of the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England), a '''monition''', contraction of '''admonition''', is  an [order](/source/court_order) to a member of the [clergy](/source/clergy) to do or refrain from doing a specified act.<ref>[Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963](/source/Ecclesiastical_Jurisdiction_Measure_1963), [http://www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukcm/1963/cukcm_19630001_en_8#pt8-l1g50 art.49(1)(d)]</ref><ref name="Doe">{{cite book | pages=216–217 | title=The Legal Framework of the Church of England: A Critical Study in a Comparative Context | author=Doe, N. | year=1996 | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOJ2_grV8y4C&q=bishops+in+foreign+countries+act&pg=PA216 | isbn=0-19-826220-5 }} ([Google Books](/source/Google_Books))</ref> Other than a [rebuke](/source/rebuke), it is the least severe censure available against clergy of the Church of England.<ref name="Doe"/> Failure to observe the order is an [offence](/source/offence_(law)) under the [Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963](/source/Ecclesiastical_Jurisdiction_Measure_1963).<ref>[http://www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukcm/1963/cukcm_19630001_en_8#pt8-l1g50 art.54]</ref> A '''monition''' can be imposed in person by a [bishop](/source/bishop) or by an [ecclesiastical court](/source/ecclesiastical_court).<ref name="Doe"/>

Historically, '''monitions''' of a disciplinary character were used to enforce residence on the holder of a [benefice](/source/benefice), or in connection with actions to restrain allegedly unlawful [ritual](/source/ritualism) practices under the [Public Worship Regulation Act 1874](/source/Public_Worship_Regulation_Act_1874). Disobedience to such '''monitions''' historically entailed the penalties of [contempt of court](/source/contempt_of_court).<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Monition |volume=18 |page=722}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | pages=251–275 | title=Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain, 1830-1910 | author=Yates, N. | year=1999 | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | isbn=0-19-826989-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55aaZGqqh6oC&q=public+worship+regualtion+act+english+church+union&pg=PA244 }} ([Google Books](/source/Google_Books))</ref>

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