Court of arches

Related to Court of arches: Dean of the court of arches

(Eng. Law)	the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus. It is now held in Westminster. - Mozley & W.
	See under Arches, Audience, etc.

See also: Arches, Court

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The family considered appealing against the decision to the church's Court Of Arches, only to find it could land them with a bill of up to pounds 4,000.

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At Durham Court of Arches in 1681, Thomas Anderson Swinhoe was charged with playing a bagpipe before a bride and groom on the Sabbath!

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George Hay, the judge at the Church's Court of Arches, declared that Dr Bowles's appointment had contravened canon and statute law.