Ecclesiastical
101ecclesiastical courts — (called, also, Courts Christian ). A generic name for certain courts having cognizance mainly of spiritual matters. A system of courts in England, held by authority of the sovereign, and having jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the religion …
102ecclesiastical jurisdiction — Jurisdiction over ecclesiastical cases and controversies; such as appertains to the ecclesiastical courts …
103ecclesiastical authorities — In England, the clergy, under the sovereign, as temporal head of the church, set apart from the rest of the people or laity, in order to superintend the public worship of God and the other ceremonies of religion, and to administer spiritual… …
104ecclesiastical courts — (called, also, Courts Christian ). A generic name for certain courts having cognizance mainly of spiritual matters. A system of courts in England, held by authority of the sovereign, and having jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the religion …
105ecclesiastical jurisdiction — Jurisdiction over ecclesiastical cases and controversies; such as appertains to the ecclesiastical courts …
106ecclesiastical law — That system of jurisprudence which prevails in the ecclesiastical courts of England. There is a conflict of opinion as to whether the ecclesiastical law of England has been adopted as part of the common law of American states. 15 Am J2d Comm L §… …
107Ecclesiastical coup — The Ecclesiastical coup is the name given to the events staged by three bishops of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus against the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III in the period from March 1972 to July 1973.BackgroundAt the… …
108ecclesiastical commissioners — In England, a body corporate, erected by St. 6 & 7 Wm. IV, c. 77, empowered to suggest measures conducive to the efficiency of the established church, to be ratified by orders in council. As a body, Ecclesiastical Commissioners have been… …
109ecclesiastical law — The body of jurisprudence administered by the ecclesiastical courts of England; derived, in large measure, from the canon and civil law. As now restricted, it applies mainly to the affairs, and the doctrine, discipline, and worship, of the… …
110ecclesiastical commissioners — In England, a body corporate, erected by St. 6 & 7 Wm. IV, c. 77, empowered to suggest measures conducive to the efficiency of the established church, to be ratified by orders in council. As a body, Ecclesiastical Commissioners have been… …
