disrupt

t. [DISRUPT, a.] To break in pieces, to tear or rend asunder. *dis-rupt-ěd, pa . par . or a . [DISRUPT, ν .] dis-rupt'-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [DISRUPT, v.) A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : A bitter fight in the courts for the ownership of the church property ensued and resulted in a victory for the Southern church. For many years there as a result of this contest, the most intense ani mosity between the two branches of the church, but this is now happily, after the lapse of half a century, almost obliterated. ( Editor .) 2. The disruption of the Church of Scotland : On May 27, 1834, the church, on the motion of Lord Moncrieff, with the approval of the celebrated Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers, leader of the evangelical party, who could not himself propose it, not being a member of that A embly, pa ed the "Veto Act," giving a congregation authority to reject the patron's presentee if they deemed him unsuitable to their circumstances. Two days later this was followed by a Chapel Act, which accorded to ministers of Chapels of Ease, or quoad sacra charges, as they were often called, the same rights as parish ministers. The majority of the church believed that they had the power to pa these measures without consulting the state, and it was a series of subsequent decisions on the part of Her Majesty's judges, declaring them illegal, which ultimately produced the disruption. In 1840 a case arose at Stewart on, in Ayrshire, designed to test the legality of the boon conferred on the quoad sacra members by the Chapel Act of 1834, and was decided against the church by the Court of Se ion again by a majority of eight to five judges, on January 20, 1843. This decision, which was never appealed against, produced a deadlock in the A embly of 1843, the Evangelical party believing that the Court was incomplete if the quoad sacra ministers were absent; and the moderate party that its decisions would be rendered illegal if they were present. Appeals to succe ive 1. Ord. Lang.: Bursting, breaking, or tearing governments to legislate had also been made, but in asunder. 2. Geol.: When igneous matter forces its way through the stratified rocks, and fills up the rents and fi ures so made, it is termed disrupting . C. As subst.: The act or proce of bursting, break ing, or tearing asunder.