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canon law
noun
- the body of codified ecclesiastical law, especially of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope.
canon law
noun
- the law governing the affairs of a Christian Church, esp the law created or recognized by papal authority in the Roman Catholic Church See Corpus Juris Canonici Codex Juris Canonici
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- canon lawyer noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of canon law1
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50
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It means canon law students have no case law to study or cite.
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It means canon law students have no case law to study or cite.
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Catholic canon law says the church “promotes the true and authentic veneration†of saints because of their pious examples.
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The verdict also did some legal gymnastics to make sense of the Vatican’s outdated criminal code, based on Italy’s 1889 code and the church’s canon law, requalifying or combining charges to fit into other ones.
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“If there is no canonical crime, then it means that canon law is simply used as a mechanism of political repression.â€
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