ecclesiastical jurisdiction

collocation in English

meaningsofecclesiasticalandjurisdiction

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ecclesiastical
adjective
uk
/ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk.əl/us
/ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk.əl/
belonging to or connected with the ...
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jurisdiction
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdʒʊə.rɪsˈdɪk.ʃən/us
/ˌdʒʊr.ɪsˈdɪk.ʃən/
the authority of a court or official organization to make decisions and ...
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(Definition ofecclesiasticalandjurisdictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By the twelfth century, exemption from both secular andecclesiasticaljurisdictionhad been obtained, partly by the judicious use of forgeries.
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Some of the grants raise questions about contemporary views onecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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Theecclesiasticaljurisdictionfor defamation was available to relatively poor people, and placed a degree of direct power in the hands of women, who brought 90 per cent of cases.
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As a result of these conditions there was a comparatively rapid acceptance of religious change, full co-operation with royal policy and increasing intrusion by the borough court onecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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More marked still there are the cases in which isolated districts have been for reasons of convenience transferred to differentecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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He is concerned with some formal breach ofecclesiasticaljurisdictionor law.
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The idea that conduct is relevant in matrimonial proceedings is a hangover fromecclesiasticaljurisdictionand the concept of matrimonial offence.
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The title of archbishop or metropolitan may be granted to a senior bishop, usually one who is in charge of a largeecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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Presbytery and synod were involved in a protracted dispute which touched upon the nature ofecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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The concordat changed the boundaries of dioceses, regulated the affairs of territories dependent on military orders,ecclesiasticaljurisdiction, chapters, benefices.
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Several legal cases over the preceding decade in particular had already established that the monarch had noecclesiasticaljurisdictionin colonies possessing responsible government.
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On 1687, the real construction began in its present location to stabilize anecclesiasticaljurisdictionover the area.
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The tax on court documents specifically included courts exercisingecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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This extends to civil and criminal trials as well as withinecclesiasticaljurisdiction. 3.
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It could mean ("vice versa") a recourse to the ecclesiastical forum against the usurpation by the civil forum of the rights ofecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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This was a benefit as it placed the students underecclesiasticaljurisdictionand thus imparted certain legal immunities and protections.
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Propaganda ordained priests and consecrated bishops for these lands, and sent them to administer the sacraments and exerciseecclesiasticaljurisdiction.
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They were accused of heresies including doubting the need for the sacraments, denying ordinaryecclesiasticaljurisdictionand claiming to work miracles.
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