CHAPTER III.

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When an initiate lias been raised to " the sublime degree of a Master Mason," lie becomes, strictly speaking, under the present regulations of our institution, an active member of the fraternity, invested with certain rights, and obligated to the performance of certain duties, which are of so extensive and complicated a nature as to demand a special consideration for each.
Of the rights of Master Masons, the most im- portant are the following :
1. The Eight of Membership ;
2. The Right of Affiliation ;
3. The Right of Visit;
4. The Right of Avouchment;
5. The Right of Relief ;
6. The Right of Demission;
7. The Right of Appeal;
8. The Right of Burial;
9. The Right of Trial.
Each of these important rights, except the last, will be made the topic of a distinct section. The
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consideration of the Right of Trial, as it forms a natural concomitant to the doctrine of Masonic crimes and punishments, will therefore be more properly considered in a subsequent part of this work, where it will find its legitimate place.