control  of  the  ordinary  :  a  seating  of  this  kind  by  churchwardens  does  not  give  a
permanent  and  exclusive  right ;  it  is  not  like  a  faculty,  because  it  is  liable  to  altera-
tions as  the  circumstances  of  the  parish  may  require.  When  church  room  is  abundant,
and  the  population  is  thin,  persons  of  large  property  and  large  families  may  have
large  pews  allotted  to  them,  which  afterwards  may  be  taken  away  or  diminished  if
circumstances  are  different — if  their  families  become  reduced  in  number,  or  the  church
room  from  increase  of  population  becomes  more  wanted.  The  churchwardens  may
remove  persons  originally  placed  in  seats  or  their  descendants :  but  if  they  do  so
capriciously,  or  without  just  ground,  the  ordinary  will  controul  and  correct  them.
But  the  possessor  has  no  exclusive  right  to  the  pew ;  an  exclusive  right  can  only  be
in  virtue  of  a  faculty,  or  by  length  of  time  which  presumes  a  faculty.
