The critics demand a Judicial Appointments Commission, with lay representatives as well as lawyers, to choose judges.

The Conference is held annually in three sessions (for ministers, the diaconate and a representative session including lay representatives).

It will be open to the arbitrator to order the person losing the case to pay the winner the fee charged by the lay representative.

In 1774, he was elected to the general assembly as lay representative of the burgh of Dunfermline.

He was returned to the general assembly of the church of Scotland, as a lay representative for Ayr.

There are elected lay representatives on the various governing bodies of churches in the Anglican communion.

There are also ex officio members, including the lay representatives elected by the Diocese to the General Synod.

Vane sat on this body, which met periodically until 1648, as one of the lay representatives of the Independent faction.

Church dignitaries assemble first, followed by lay representatives led by the Emperor, an eagle.

He was a leading lay representative and champion of the Catholic community and was known for his parliamentary and legal eloquence.