Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved

English Legal System: Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved : A court created by the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 and having both original and appellate jurisdiction covering the provinces of Canterbury and York. Its original jurisdiction is to hear and determine proceedings in which a person in Holy Orders is charged with an offence against ecclesiastical law involving matters of doctrine, ritual, or ceremonial and all suits of *duplex querela. Its appellate jurisdiction is in respect of appeals from decisions of consistory courts involving matters of doctrine, ritual, or ceremonial. The court comprises five judges and three diocesan or ex-diocesan bishops.

See also ecclesiastical courts.