Arches' Court

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Court of Arches."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An ecclesiastical court of appeal and of original jurisdiction.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Court of Abches.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English ecolesiastical law. A court of appeal bslonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the "Dean of the Arches," 'because his court was anciently held in the church of Saint Mary-le-Bow, (Sancta Maria de Arcubus,) so named from the steeple, which is raised upon pillars built archwise The court was until recently held in the hall belonging to the College of Civilians, commonly called "Doctors' Commons." It is now held in Westminster Hall. Its proper jurisdiction is only over the thirteen peculiar parishes belonging to the archbishop in London, but, the office of Dean of the Arches having been for a long time united with that of the archbishop's principal official, the Judge of the Arches, in right of such added office, it receives and determines appeals from the sentences of all interior ecolesiastical courts within the province. 3 Bl. Comm. 64.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In English ecclesiastical law. A court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the "Dean of the Arches," because his court was anciently held in the church of Saint Mary-le-Bow, (Sancta Maria de Arcubus,) so named from the steeple, which is raised upon pillars built archwise. The court was until recently held in the hall belonging to the College of Civilians, commonly called "Doctors' Commons." It is now held in Westminster Hall. Its proper jurisdiction is only over the thirteen peculiar parishes belonging to the archbishop in London, but, the office of Dean of the Arches having been for a long time united with that of the archbishop's principal official, the Judge of the Arches, in right of such added office, it receives and determines appeals from the sentences of all inferior ecclesiastical courts within the province. 3 Bl. Comm. 64.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

v. £loiirt, 83.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

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