| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. Courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also Christian courts . [Eng.].[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS
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| Ecclesiastical courts | Courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also Christian courts . [Eng.]. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS
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| Ecclesiastical Courts | Law | ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. English law. 1. Courts held by the king's 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 Archdeacon's 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. (references) | |
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