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Court Christian
Court Christian. The ecclesiastical judicature, opposed to the civil court or lay tribunal; and as insecular courts human laws are maintained, so
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Court Christian
Court Christian : ecclesiastical court
Spiritual Courts
Spiritual Courts, ecclesiastical courts, which see. … Spiritual Courts, ecclesiastical courts, which see.
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 … Consistory Court, the pr'torium, or tribunal of every diocesan bishop, held in their several cathedrals for the trial of all
VerbarRota
An ecclesiastical court of Rome called also Rota Romana that takes cognizance of suits by appeal It consists of twelve members
Marriage
to a lawful marriage, at all events for dower and heirship; but if in an irregular marriage the Ecclesiastical Court could discern a valid promise to marry, it would order the parties to solemnize marriage 'in facie ecclesi'', … previously consent to the marriage if by license (see Banns). The Act further abolished the suits in the Ecclesiastical Court to compel marriage 'in facie ecclesi',' which abolition made more common the action of breach of promise of
Advocate
present day confined to persons professionally conducting cases in Court, i.e., Barristers and Solicitors (q.v.). In the English Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, until 1857, certain persons learned in the civil and canon law, called advocates, had the
Proctor
a university official of Oxford or Cambridge having disciplinary powers over members of the university. Proctors in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts formerly discharged duties similar to those of solicitors and attorneys in other courts, as and … of Oxford or Cambridge having disciplinary powers over members of the university. Proctors in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts formerly discharged duties similar to those of solicitors and attorneys in other courts, as and being a separate
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