Doctors’ Commons. Hist. Informal. The College of Advocates and Doctors of Law, which trained specialists in admiralty and ecclesiastical law and housed admiralty and ecclesiastical courts from the 16th century to the 19th. • The College was dissolved in the 1860s after its functions were absorbed by the High Court. — Sometimes written Doctors’ Common.
hallmote (hahl-moht), n. 1. Hist. A court baron; specif., an annual court, presided over by the lord of the manor, to decide civil disputes between feudal tenants. • The court was usu. held in the manor’s great hall. See COURT BARON. 2. A trade-guild’s commercial court, in which guild members were tried for trade-related offenses
synodal n. 复活节捐税 主教或大主教在复活节巡查时由神职人员向其缴纳的捐税，也称作synodies,被1963年《教会管辖法》〔Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure〕废弃。
rector sinecure 〈英〉挂名堂区长 指没有宗教管辖权的堂区长。1840年被《宗教事务委员会法》〔Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act〕废弃。
adminicular evidence 辅助证据；补充证据 用来解释或补充说明其他证据的证据。主要用于教会法〔ecclesiastical law〕中。
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spiritual corporation (1)〈英〉宗教法人(=ecclesiastical corporation) (2)宗教团体
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forehand rent 〈英〉预付租金 承租人先期支付的租金；严格地说指租赁小费，尤指教会法人〔ecclesiastical corporations〕在续租时支付的额外费用。 (→foregift)