Definition of ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS


ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS

English law. Courts held by the kings authority
as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern
religion.

2. There are ten courts which may be ranged under this class. 1. The
Archdeacons Court. 2. The Consistory Court. 3. The Court of Arches. 4. The
Court of Peculiars. 5. The Prerogative Court. 6. The Court of Delegates,
which is the great court of appeals in all ecclesiastical causes. 7. The
Court of Convocation. 8. The Court of Audience. 9. The Court of Faculties.
10. The Court of Commissioners of Review.


Source: Bouviers Law Dictionary 1856 Edition

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