court of peculiars
court of peculiars (eng. law), a branch of the court of arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars... see peculiar | ||||
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Court of Peculiars
The Court of Peculiars is an ecclesiastical court of the Church of England.
The court sits with a Dean, who is also the Dean of the Arches. The Registrars are the Joint Provincial Registrars. The Court of Peculiars deals with all legal matters from peculiar parishes in the province. Ecclesiastical judges were required to have a degree in canon law until 1545 , thereafter they only had the doctorate in civil law . Binding precedent was only introduced into the ecclesiastical courts in the nineteenth century .
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