Search results for: “bishops”
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Clericus
(Lat.) In Civil Law. Any one who has taken orders in church, of whatever rank; monks. A general term including bishops, subdeacons, readers, and cantors. Du Cange. Used, also, of those who were given up to the pursuit of letters, and who were learned therein. Also of the amanuenses of the […]
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Procurations
In ecclesiastical law. Certain sums of money which parish priests pay yearly to the bishops or archdeacons ratione visitationis. Dig. 3. 39. 25; Ayliffe, Par. 429; 17 Viner, Abr. 544. …
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Dispense
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Dispense Meaning of Dispense Synonyms of Dispense verb administer allocate allot appoint apportion appropriate assign bestow bestow upon confer deal […]
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Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved
English Legal System: Court of Ecclesiastical Causes ReservedIn 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 […]
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Consistory Court
In English law. The courts of diocesan bishops held in their several cathedrals before the bishops’ chancellor, or commissary, who is the judge, for the trial of all ecclesiastical causes arising within their respective dioceses, and also for granting probates and administrations. […]
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Church of England
English Legal System: Church of EnglandIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Church of England : The established Church in England, of which the sovereign is the supreme head. Structurally, the Church consists of the two provinces of […]
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Capitulary
In French Law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. The term is especially applied to the collections of laws made and published by the early French emperors. The execution of these capitularies was intrusted to the bishops, courts, and missi regis, and many […]
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Collegium
(Lat. colligere, to collect). In civil law. A society or assemblage of those of the same rank or honor; an army; a company, in popular phrase; the whole order of bishops. Du Cange. Collegium illieitum is one which abused its right, or assembled for any other purpose ttian that expressed […]
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Chorepiscopi
Bishops of the country in the early times of the church. …
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Audience Court
In English law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, and held by him in his palace for the transaction of matters of form only, as the confirmation of bishops, elections, consecrations, and the like. This court has the same authority with the court of arches, but is of inferior […]
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Advertisements Of Queen Elizabeth
Certain articles or ordinances drawn up by Archbishop Parker and some of the bishops in 1564, at the request of Queen Elizabeth, the object of which was to enforce decency and uniformity in the ritual of the church. The queen subsequently refused to give her official sanction to these […]