Courts held by diocesan bishops within their several cathedrals, for the trial of ecclesiastical causes arising within their respective dioceses. The bishop's chancellor or his commissary, ls the Judge; and from his sentence an appeal lles to the archbishop. Mozley & Whitley.
Definition of Consistory Courts
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition