Consistory Court
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Consistory Court, the pr'torium, or tribunal of every diocesan bishop, held in their several cathedrals for the trial of all ecclesiastical causes arising within their jurisdiction. The bishop's chancellor, or his commissary, is the judge, and from his sentence an appeal lies, by virtue of 24 Hen. 8, c. 12, to the archbishop of each province respectively.
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