Ecclesiastical Courts
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
Engl. law, are courts held by the king’s authority as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern religion. These six courts which may be ranged under this class; 1.
The Archdeacon’s court; 2. The Consistory court; 3. The Court of Arches; 4. The Court of Peculiars; 5. The Prerogative court; and, 6.
The Court of Delegates, which is the great court of appeals in all ecclesjastical causes.