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Meaning of Court of convocation
In English ecclesiastical law. A convocation or ecclesiastical synod, which is in the nature of an ecclesiastical parliament. There is one for each province. They are composed, respectively, of the archbishop. all the bishops, deans, and archdeacons of their province, with one proctor, or representative, from each chapter, and, in the province of Canterbury, two proctors for the beneficed parochial clergy in each diocese, while in the province of York there are two proctors for each archdeaconry. In York the convocation consists of only one house; but in Canterbury there are two houses, of which the archbishop and bishops form the upper house, and the lower consists of the remaining members of the convocation. In this house a prolocutor, performing the duty of president, is elected. These assemblies meet at the time appointed in the queen’s writ. The convocation has long been summoned pro forma only, but is still, in fact, summoned before the meeting of every new parliament, and adjourns immediately afterwards, without proceeding to the dispatch of any business. The purpose of the convocation is stated to be the enactment of canon law, subject to the license and authority of the sovereign, and consulting on ecclesiastical matters. In their judicial capacity, their jurisdiction extends to matters of heresy, schisms, and other mere spiritual or ecclesiastical causes; an appeal lying from their judicial proceeidings to the queen in council, by St. 2 & 3 Wm. IV. c. 92. Cowell; Terms de la Ley; Bac. Abr. “Ecclesiastical Courts” (A 1) ; 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 279.
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Meaning of Court of Convocation in the Past
The name of an English ecclesiastical court. It is composed of every bishop, dean and archdeacon, a proctor for the chapter and two proctors for the clergy of each diocese in the province of Canterbury, for the province of York, there are two proctors for each archdeaconry.
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This assembly meets at the time appointed in the king’s writ and constitute an ecclesiastical parliament. The archbishop and his suffragans, as his peers, are sitting together and composing one house, called the upper house of convocation the deans, archdeacons and a proctor for the chapter and two proctors for the clergy, the lower house. In this house a prolocutor, performing the duty of a president, is elected.
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The jurisdiction of this tribunal extends to matters of heresy, schisms and other mere spiritual or ecclesiastical causes. Bac. Ab. Ecclesiastical Courts, A 1. [1]
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- Partialy, this information about court of convocation is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including court of convocation.
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