Court of Delegates

Hist. Eccles. law. A court serving as the final court of appeal for admiralty and ecclesiastical matters.

• The Court was established in 1534 to serve in the stead of the Papal Curia when the English Church severed its ties with the Papacy. Six delegates, appointed to hear only one case, made up the Court, usu. three persons trained in common law and three in civil law. This mixture led to confused rulings and unreliable pre-cedents that hindered the Court’s credibility and ultimately led to its dissolution. The Court was abolished in 1833 and its jurisdiction transferred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

— Also termed High Court of Delegates.

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