COURT

In English ecclesiastical law. A court held before a judge'appointed by the archdeacon, and called his official. Its jurisdiction comprises the granting of probates and administrations, and ecclesiastical causes in general, arising within the archdeaconry. It is the most inferior court in the whole ecclesiastical polity of England. 3 BI, · Comm. 64; S Steph, Comm. 430. [s. 90]