- High Commission Court
- An English ecclesiastical court which was “justly abolished by statute" in 1641, because of its having arbitrarily usurped powers which were almost despotic. See 3 Bl Comm 67.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
High Commission Court
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