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inhibition

inhibition (in-hi-bish-[schwa]n), n. 1. Eccles. law. A writ issued by a superior ecclesiastical court, forbidding a judge from proceeding in a pending case. 2. Eccles. law. An order issuing from an ecclesiastical court, prohibiting a member of the clergy from taking office or performing an unlawful action. 3. Hist. A writ of prohibition. See PROHIBITION(2).

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causa cognita

causa cognita (kaw-z[schwa] kog-ni-t[schwa]). [Latin] Hist. After investigation; the cause (or facts) having been ascertained. Cf. POST CAUSAM COGNITAM . “Formerly, inhibitions were not granted except causa cognita (although a different rule now prevails), because they imposed a restraint on the full exercise of the rights of property; and in our own time decrees of

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duplex querela

duplex querela 〈拉〉〈英〉(教会法)双重控诉 教会法院的一种诉讼程序,指不服教会常任法官〔ordinary〕延迟或拒绝授予已被推荐圣职者以圣职,而向该法官的直接上级上诉,由他发出诫谕〔monition〕要求该法官陈述延迟理由。该诫谕有时也包含一个禁审令〔inhibition〕,责令法官不得悬搁该案件,女王听审该诉讼的特权被1963年《教会管辖法》〔Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure〕废止。 (→double complaint)

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prohibition

prohibition. 1. A law or order that forbids a certain action. 2. An extraordinary writ issued by an appellate court to prevent a lower court from exceeding its jurisdiction or to prevent a nonjudicial officer or entity from exercising a power. — Also termed (in sense 2) writ of prohibition; (in Scots law) inhibition. Cf.

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