Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Bishop's Court.
Hist. Eccles. law. A court held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge being the bishop's chancellor, who applied civil canon law. 0 The jurisdiction included appeals from the Court of Archdeacon. In a large diocese, t 1 bishop's chancellor would have commissaries remote parts who held consistory courts. See CONSISTORY COURT.