The Court of Peculiars is one of the ecclesiastical courts of the

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. The court sits with a Dean, who is also the

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. The

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s are the Joint Provincial Registrars. The Court of Peculiars deals with all legal matters from peculiar parishes in the province. Until 1545, ecclesiastical judges were required to have a degree in

canon law Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...

; thereafter, they only needed a doctorate in civil law. Binding

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was only introduced into the ecclesiastical courts in the nineteenth century.

List of deans of the court

* Sir Philip Wilbraham-Baker, 1955 * Sir Henry Willink, 19551970 * Walter Wigglesworth, 19711972 * Sir Harold Kent, 19721976 * Kenneth Elphinstone, 19771980 * Sir John Owen, 19802000 * Sheila Cameron, 20002009 *

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, 2009

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References

* Canon law of the Church of England Ecclesiastical courts {{England-law-stub