Ecclesiastical court
Ecclesiastical court (also called "Courts Christian") is a generic name for certain courts having
jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the middle ages in many areas of Europe these courts had much wider powers than before the development of
nation states as they were experts in interpreting
canon law the basis of which was the
Corpus Juris Civilis of
Justinian which is considered the source of the
civil law legal tradition.
The Ecclesiastical Courts are a system of courts in England, held by authority of the Crown and having jurisdiction over the matters dealing with ritual of the Church of England and the rights and obligations of church persons, now limited to controversies in areas of church property and ecclesiastical disciplinary proceedings. In England these courts, unlike common law courts are based upon and operate under civil law and canon law.
The names of these courts are:
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