ecclesiastical law. An assembly of cardinals convoked by the pope. The consistory is public or secret. It is public, when the pope receives princes or gives audience to ambassadors; secret, when he fills vacant sees, proceeds to the canonization of saints, or judges and settles certain contestations submitted to him. 2. A court which was formerly held among protestants, in … [Read more...] about CONSISTORY
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CONSIDERATUM EST
per curiam. It is considered by the court. This formula is used in giving judgments. A judgment is the decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury. The language of the judgment is not, therefore, that it is decreed, or resolved, by the court; but that it is considered by the court, … [Read more...] about CONSIDERATUM EST
CONSISTORY COURTS
Courts held by diocesan bishops within their several cathedrals, for the trial of ecclesiastical causes arising within their respective dioceses. The bishop's chancellor, or his commissary, Is the judge; and from his sentence an appeal lies to the archbishop. Mozley & Whitley. … [Read more...] about CONSISTORY COURTS
CONSIDERATUM EST PER CURIAM
(It is considered by the court) The formal and ordinary commencement of a judgment Baker v. State, 3 Ark. 491. … [Read more...] about CONSIDERATUM EST PER CURIAM
CONSOBRINI
In the civil law. Cousins german, In general; brothers' and sisters' children, considered in their relation to each other. … [Read more...] about CONSOBRINI