In English law. The conslstorial courts of each diocese, exer-clslng geueral jurisdiction of all matters aris-lng locally within thelr respective limits, with the exception of places subject to peculiar jurisdiction; deciding all matters of spiritual discipline,—suspending or depriving clergymen,—and administering the other branches of the ecclesiastical law. 2 Steph. Comm. 672
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
