Ecclesiastical Offence in UK Law
Legislation
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Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018
... ... (9) In subsection (5) , “disciplinary proceedings” means—(a) proceedings in respect of an offence of the kind referred to in section 14 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963,(b) disciplinary proceedings under the Clergy Discipline ... ...
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Matrimonial Causes Act 1857
... ... Jurisdiction in Matters Matrimonial now vested in Ecclesiastical Courts to cease. II Jurisdiction in Matters Matrimonial now vested in ... Person shall wilfully disobey such Order he shall for the First Offence forfeit ... the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to be recoverable by any ... ...
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Church of England (Legal Aid) Measure 1994
... ... Proceedings in any ecclesiastical court or before any F2disciplinary tribunal commission, committee, bishop or examiner in respect of an offence under the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 F2or of misconduct ... ...
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Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988
... ... 7(1) substituted (31.1.2011) by Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 (No. 1), s. 13(2), Sch. 2 para. 19 ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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The Law of Abortion and Necessity
... ... any case where a woman had been raped provided the offence had been proved in a court of justice. Mr. Bourne’s ... Sciencess1 that it was regarded in them as an ecclesiastical offence only. But it is clear that from fairly early times it ... ...
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Ex parte Choudhury — An Opportunity Missed
... ... , from Taylor’s cases in 1676 which transformed the offence of blasphemy from an ecclesiastical offence to, ‘a crimc against ... ...
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THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN BIGAMY
... ... reasonably) believes that his first wife is dead the offence of bigamy will not have been com- mitted even though ... Bigamy was originally a very different ecclesiastical offence, first proscribed as a felony in England in 1604 ... ...
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Round the World
... ... , incest was originally in the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts and there is no history at common law. It was first ... In the United States, incest is always a statutory offence, sharing the English background of the ecclesiastical authorities, ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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The Bones Of Richard III
... ... any two justices of the peace, forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale." ... There are ... body without lawful authority and it is an offence against ecclesiastical law to remove the remains of the dead from consecrated ground without a ... ...
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