Master of the Faculties. Eccles. law. An officer in the province of Canterbury who heads the Court of Faculties, grants licenses, and admits or removes notaries public. — Also termed magister ad facultates. See COURT OF FACULTIES.
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Master of the Faculties 〈英〉大主教特许法院主事官 大主教属下的高级官员，负责授予证书和特许令。1874年后与坎特伯雷和约克两教省法院法官并职。
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Court of Faculties 〈英〉(教会法)大主教特许权授予法院它是大主教法院的特权授予机构，该法院不处理任何案件的争讼，但对教堂中家族席、纪念碑、殡葬事务等能创设权利，有权签发婚姻特许状，还可签发特免状。《1533年教会特许权法》〔Ecclesiastical Licenses Act of 1533〕赋予该法院更多的其它权力。坎特伯雷和约克教省法院法官是当然的特许法院主事官〔Master of the Faculties〕。
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Court of Faculties. Eccles. law. An archbishop’s tribunal that grants special dispensations (such as a marriage license) and decides questions relating to monuments and mortuary matters. See MASTER OF THE FACULTIES.
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magister (m[schwa]-jis-t[schwa]r). [fr. Latin magis “more”] Roman law. 1. A master; a superior, esp. by office or position. 2. A teacher; esp., one who has obtained eminence in a particular field of learning. magister ad facultates (m[schwa]-jis-t[schwa]r ad fak-[schwa]l-tay-teez), n. [Latin “master for permissions”] Eccles. law. 1. An officer who grants dispensations, as to marry
provincial courts 〈英〉教省法院 设于坎特伯雷〔Canterbury〕与约克〔York〕两教省的教会法院，亦称首主教法院〔courts of primates〕,包括坎特伯雷教省的拱顶法院〔Court of Arches〕、主教总代理法院〔Court of the Vicar-General〕、大主教特许主事官法院〔Court of the Master of the Faculties〕、大主教代理法院〔Court of the Commissary of the Archbishop〕、大主教亲审法院〔Court of Audience〕和特殊堂区法院〔Court of Peculiars〕，以及约克教省的约克最高法院或约克教省法院〔Supreme Court or Chancery Court of York〕、主教法院〔Consistory Court〕及大主教亲审法院。
Dean of the Arches 〈英〉拱顶法院法官 最初指对坎特伯雷教省十三个不由其教区主教管辖的「特殊」分区行使管辖权的教会官员，后因其填补了教务总长〔Official Principal〕一职的空缺，从而二者合一。教务总长是正式名称，习惯的称呼是拱顶法院法官，自1874年以来，该法官必须是具有十年实践经验的出庭律师或曾担任最高法院〔Supreme Court〕的法官，并且是英格兰国教会成员。该法官同时担任约克教省法院法官〔Auditor〕，由两位大主教任命，并需经女王批准，他是两位大主教当然的〔ex officiis〕教务总长，并担任拱顶大主教特许法院主事官〔Master of the Faculties〕。 (→Court of the Arches)
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compos mentis (kom-p[schwa]s men-tis), adj. [Latin “master of one’s mind”] Of sound mind; having use of and control over one’s own mental faculties. Cf. NON COMPOS MENTIS. [Cases: Mental Health 3. 1.]