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Arches, Court of
Arches, Court of [fr. curia de arcubus, Lat.], a court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the Dean of the Arches, because his Court was anciently held in
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Confirmation of Bishop
ceremony be ministerial or judicial, i.e., whether the archbishop can refuse to confirm. See Queen v. Archbishop of Canterbury, (1848) 11 QB 483, in which the Court of four judges was equally divided in discharging a rule
Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874
provided that whensoever a vacancy should occur in the office of official principal of the Arches Court of Canterbury (see ARCHES COURT), the judge appointed under that Act should become ex officio such official principal, and all
Archbishop
any further consecration, but all archbishops require both election and confirmation, similarly to bishops. England has two archbishops, Canterbury and York. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in granting licenses and dispensations, has taken the place of the Pope
National Assembly of the Church of England
the constitution set forth in the appendix to the address presented to His Majesty by the Convocations of Canterbury and York on the 10th day of May, 1919, and laid before Parliament' (Church of England Assembly (Powers)
Province
Province, the district over which the jurisdiction of an archbishop extends. England is divided into two provinces, Canterbury and York; the province of York comprises all north of the Humber, i.e., Yorkshire and Lancashire, etc., and
Master of the Faculties
an officer under the archbishop, who grants licences and dispensations, etc. The judge of the provincial Courts of Canterbury and York appointed under s. 7 of the (English) Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874, became ex officio Master
Jews
s. 4, which provides that the official patronage of a professing Jew shall devolve on the Archbishop of Canterbury. By s. 3 of the Jews Relief Act, 1858, nothing in that Act contained was to extend to
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