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COURT OF CONVOCATION, eccles (law)


COURT OF CONVOCATION, eccles. law. The name of an English ecclesiastical court. It is composed of every bishop, dean, and archdeacon, a proctor for court. It is composed of every bishop, dean, and archdeacon, a proctor for the chapter, and two proctors for the clergy of each diocese in the province the chapter, and two proctors for the clergy of each diocese in the province of Canterbury, for the province of York, there are two proctors for each of Canterbury, for the province of York, there are two proctors for each archdeaconry. archdeaconry. 2. This assembly meets at the time appointed in the king' s writ, and 2. This assembly meets at the time appointed in the king' s writ, and constitute an ecclesiastical parliament. The archbishop and his suffragans, constitute an ecclesiastical parliament. The archbishop and his suffragans, as his peers, are sitting together, and composing one house, called the as his peers, are sitting together, and composing one house, called the upper house of convocation the deans, archdeacons, and a proctor for the upper house of convocation the deans, archdeacons, and a proctor for the chapter, and two proctors for the clergy, the lower house. In this house a chapter, and two proctors for the clergy, the lower house. In this house a prolocutor, performing the duty of a president, is elected. prolocutor, performing the duty of a president, is elected. 3. The jurisdiction of this tribunal extends to matters of heresy, 3. The jurisdiction of this tribunal extends to matters of heresy, schisms, and other mere spiritual or ecclesiastical causes. Bac. Ab. schisms, and other mere spiritual or ecclesiastical causes. Bac. Ab. Ecclesiastical Courts, A 1. Ecclesiastical Courts, A 1.