- canon law of England
- A kind of national canon law composed of legatine and provincial constitutions, and adapted only to the exigencies of the church and kingdom of England. See 1 Bl Comm 82.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
canon law of England
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