:''In the U.S., monition refers to a summons.'' In English law and the canon law of the Church of England, a '''monition''', contraction of '''admonition''', is an order to a member of the clergy to do or refrain from doing a specified act.<ref>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)</ref> Other than a 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 under the 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 or by an ecclesiastical court.<ref name="Doe"/>
Historically, '''monitions''' of a disciplinary character were used to enforce residence on the holder of a benefice, or in connection with actions to restrain allegedly unlawful ritual practices under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874. Disobedience to such '''monitions''' historically entailed the penalties of 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)</ref>
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