Ecclesiastical Courts
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Asystem of courts in England, held by authority of the sovereign, and having jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the religion and ritual of the established church, and the rights, duties, and discipline of ecclesiastical persons as such. They are as follows: The archdeacon'’s court, consistory court, court of arches, court of peculiars, prerogative court, court of delegates, court of convocation, court of audience, court of faculties, and court of commissioners of review. See those several titles; and see 3 Bl. Comm. 64-68. ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION OF