Legal Term: ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS

Definition: English law. Courts held by the kings 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 Archdeacons 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.

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