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Audience Court
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Audience Court in the Past A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, having the same authority with the court of arches. 4 Inst. 337. [1][rtbs name="history-of-english-law"] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information [...]Beneficio Primo Ecclesiastico Habendo
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Beneficio Primo Ecclesiastico Habendo in the Past A writ directed from the king to the chancellor, commanding him to bestow the benefice which must first fall in the king's gift, above or under a certain value, upon a particular and certain person. [...]Bona Notabilia
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Bona Notabilia in the Past Notable goods. When a person dies having at the time of his death, goods in any other diocese, beside's the goods in the diocese where he dies, amounting to the value of five pounds in the whole, he is said to have bona notabilia; [...]Catholics
Roman Catholics History Roman Catholicism in England has shown a tendency to advance, especially among the upper and upper-middle classes. The published lists of “converts” are, however, no safe index to actual progress; for no equivalent statistics are available for “leakage” in the opposite [...]Church of England
Definition of Church of England In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description 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 Canterbury and York, which [...]Court of Arches
Definition of Court of Arches In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court of Arches : The ecclesiastical court of appeal from the consistory court (See ecclesiastical courts), which has the jurisdiction of the former provincial Court of Archbishop of [...]Court Of Audience
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Court of Audience in the Past The name of a court kept by the archbishop in his palace, in which are transacted matters of form only; as confirmation of bishops, elections, consecrations and the like. [1][rtbs name="history-of-english-law"] [...]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. [...]Court Of Peculiars
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Court of Peculiars in the Past The name of a court, which is a branch of and annexed to, the court of arches. Developments It has jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury, in the midst of other dioceses. In the other [...]Court Records under Henry Vi
This issue under the Ruling of King Henry VI of England Court Records under Henry VI and Medieval Law Court Records under Henry VI and Legal History This issue under the Ruling of King Henry VI of England Court Records under Henry VI and Medieval Law Court Records under Henry VI and Legal [...]Dispensation
Ecclesiastical Law In the theory of the canon law the dispensing power is the corollary of the legislative, the authority that makes laws, and no other, having power to suspend them. You may read the entry about Dispensation in ecclesiastical law in the World legal Encyclopedia. Church [...]Dupex Querela
English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Dupex Querela in the Past A complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his next immediate superior. 3 Bl. Com 247. [1][rtbs name="history-of-english-law"] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about dupex [...]Ecclesiastical Committee
Ecclesiastical Committee Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament The Ecclesiastical Committee examines draft measures presented to it by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod of the Church of England.Ecclesiastical Courts
(Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) No distinct system of ecclesiastical courts existed in England before the twelfth century. Rather, bishops of the church were also secular lords, who exercised their authority through the local assemblies. In the shire court, the [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward I
This issue under the Ruling of King Edward I of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward I and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward I and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Adams, Norma, and Charles Donahue, ed. Select [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward Ii
This issue under the Ruling of King Edward II of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward II and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward II and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Ault, Warren O., ed. Court Rolls of the [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward Iii
This issue under the Ruling of King Edward III of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward III and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward III and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward Iv
This issue under the Ruling of King Edward IV of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward IV and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward IV and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward V
This issue under the Ruling of King Edward V of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward V and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Edward V and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry I
This issue under the Ruling of King Henry I of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry I and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry I and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bigelow, Melville M., ed. Placita [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry Ii
This issue under the Ruling of King Henry II of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry II and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry II and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bigelow, Melville M., ed. Placita [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry Iii
This issue under the Ruling of King Henry III of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry III and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry III and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Adams, Norma, and Charles Donahue, ed. [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry Iv
This issue under the Ruling of King Henry IV of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry IV and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry IV and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia [...]Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry V
This issue under the Ruling of King Henry V of England Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry V and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under Henry V and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Clark, George T., ed. Cartae Et Alia Munimenta [...]- - 141,230 in the past week
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