Court Of Faculties

Court Of Faculties

English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Court of Faculties in the Past

The name of a court which belongs to the archbishop, in which his officer, called magister ad facultates, grants dispensations to marry, to eat flesh on days prohibited or to ordain a deacon under age and the like. 4 Inst. 337. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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Notes and References

  1. Partialy, this information about court of faculties 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 faculties.

See Also

The Court of Faculties

Name

The Court of Faculties is the standarized name of one of the UK Ecclesiastical Courts (see the entries in this legal Encyclopedia about court rules and procedural law for more information on some aspects of the Court of Faculties).


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