bishop’s court
bishop’s court 〈英〉主教法院 一种教会法院，设于每一教区的主教座堂内，法官为主教司法官〔bishop’s chancellor〕，依据教会法中的民事部分〔civil canon law〕裁决案件。如果教区很大，法官还可以任命自己的代理主教〔commissary〕到比较偏远的地区去主持主教教区法院〔consistory court〕，依据法官的任命权限处理事务。
bishop’s court
bishop’s court
bishop’s court. 1. An ecclesiastical court usu. held in the diocese cathedral and presided over by the bishop’s chancellor. 2. Hist. Eccles. law. (cap.) A court (usu.) held in the cathedral of a diocese, the judge being the bishop’s chancellor, who applied civil canon law. • The jurisdiction included appeals from the Court of Archdeacon.