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Ecclesiastical Law, the law administered in the ecclesiastical courts; it is derived from the Civil and Canon Law. Consult Phillimore's Ecclesiastical Law; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.'

The body of law derived largely from Cannon and Civil Law and administered by ecclesiastical courts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 530.