In Facie Ecclesiæ
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the face of the church. A term applied in the law of England to marriages, which are required to be solemnized in a parish church or public chapel, unless by dispensation or license. 1 Bl. Comm. 439 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 288, 289. Applied in Bracton to the old mode of conferring dower. Bract fol. 92; 2 Bl. Comin. 133.