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ARCHES, COURT OF - Online Information article about ARCHES, COURT OF (1045 words) |
 | ARCHES, COURT OF, the English ecclesiastical court of appeal of the archbishop of Canterbury, as metropolitan of the province_ of Canterbury, from all the consistory and commissary courts in the province. |
| The judge of the Arches court was until 1874 appointed by the archbishop of Canterbury by patent which, when confirmed by the dean and chapter of Canterbury, conferred the office for the life of the holder. |
| The Arches court was also the court of appeal from the consistory courts of the bishops of the province in all testamentary and matrimonial causes. |
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