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ecclesiastical law

NOUN
canon law
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The charter codified a series of institutions and attitudes that seemed to treat England’s law as the successor to ecclesiastical law, having an authority and existence separate and above its earthly practitioners.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2010

Meanwhile, ecclesiastical law was moving toward a decision on O'Dwyer's separation from Sloan Simpson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Final decision rests with the Pope after the ecclesiastical law yers have completed their arguments for and against beatification.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Giorgio Peyrot, professor of ecclesiastical law at the Waldensian Theological Seminary in Rome, pointed out that there would be trouble as long as the conflicting Fascist laws were on the books.

From Time Magazine Archive

A bigamous marriage, by the ecclesiastical law of England, is simply void.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various


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