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Court of Faculties
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Under English
ecclesiastical law, the '''Court of Faculties''' is the tribunal of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and is attached to the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The jurisdiction conferred upon the
Archbishop of Canterbury by the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533 is exercised by the ''Court of Faculties''. This includes the appointment and removal of notaries public, and the granting of those licences and faculties which are the concern of the Archbishop of Canterbury, such as special and ordinary marriage licences. The
Lambeth degrees are also conferred by the Court of Faculties. The
Master of the Faculties, who is appointed by the Archbishop, subject to the approval of the Crown, is also the
Dean of the Arches.
The court:
# creates rights as to
pews,
monuments, and rights of
burial;
# grants licenses such as
marriage licenses, a faculty to erect an organ in a parish
church, to level a churchyard, or to exhume bodies buried in a church
cemetery. These rights are granted under 25 Hen VII c. 21; and
# issues
notary public notaries public, after the passage of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533 (UK), which was a direct result of the
Reformation in
England. Notaries public in some
Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth jurisdictions such as New Zealand and the State of Queensland, Australia are still appointed through the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury by the Court of Faculties.
# issues faculties for the creation and conferment of
Lambeth degrees.
See also
ecclesiastical court.
Category:Anglicanism
Category:Court systems
