Canon law

Canon law
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CANON LAW. Canon law, jus canonicum, is the sum of the laws which regulate the ecclesiastical body; for this reason it is also called ecclesiastical law, jus ecclesiasticum.

Canon Law The laws of a church or religion, especially those of the Roman Catholic Church, that govern the powers of the clergy, administration of the church, and church ceremonies.

Canon Law definition:
The law of the Church; based on religious beliefs.
Related Terms: Ecclesiastical Law, Theocracy
Has little or no legal effect today except in full or partial theocracies.

Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members.

Canon Law
(n) the term 'Canon law' is used to represent the maintenance of law and order by the religious authorities based on their religious faith and the rulings of the religious heads, ordinance and decrees of the religious councils etc.

canon law
n. laws and regulations over ecclesiastical (church) matters developed between circa 1100 and 1500 and used by the Roman Catholic Church in reference to personal morality, status and powers of the clergy, ...

Canon law
The law of the Christian Church. Has little or no legal effect today.

CANON LAW
It is the law of the Christian Church. Has little or no legal effect today.

Canon law. Ecclesiastical law. In particular, a body of ecclesiastical laws relative to matters over which the church of Rome had or claims to have had jurisdiction.

Canon law
Definition - Noun
: a body of religious law governing the conduct of members of a particular faith
esp
: the codified church law of the Roman Catholic Church ...

FACULTY
canon law. A license, an authority. For example, the ordinary having the disposal of all seats in the nave of a church, may grant this power, which,... more ...

4th. The canon law, which was adopted by the ecclesiastical courts, figures in our laws respecting marriage, divorces, wills and testaments, executors and administrators and many other subjects.

TOP Ecclesiastical law : Synonymous to canon law: the body of church-made law which binds only those persons which recognize it, usually only church officers, and based on aged precepts of canon law.

These courts followed the canon law rules. They could grant a divorce from bed and board and could pass on the original validity or nullity of the marriage, but could not grant a total divorce from the marriage bond.

CONDONATION - Term used in canon law, but now generally obsolete, meaning a forgiveness by the husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, of adultery committed, ...

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