Well, first I'd have to answer before the ecclesiastical court.

Between 1667-1714 it was under the ecclesiastical court of Oftringen.

In 1667 an ecclesiastical court was set up in the village.

Another example you can find in the ecclesiastical courts.

Later became a judge in the ecclesiastical courts, while maintaining his role as head of chambers.

"We try to be just, but the ecclesiastical courts are swift, and there is no appeal."

The following day, Cinhil is called as a witness before the ecclesiastical court.

They were going to call me before an ecclesiastical court, only a friend found out and warned me in time.

Kunonga has been in and out of ecclesiastical courts since 2005.

The lawsuits I saw coming would tie up the ecclesiastical courts for the next hundred years.

In 1597 the entire parish was cited before a church court for laxity.

This led to him being brought before church courts again in 1608 and 1611.

The judgment of the special church court did little to clear the air.

These were troublesome to both the secular and church courts of the day.

On the other hand, family rights and inheritance usually fell under the jurisdiction of the church courts.

He soon became a leader on the moderate side in the church courts.

They may request that a church court of appeals review the decision.

He planned to create a church court that could marry or divorce people and decide criminal cases.

They could be tried for crimes only in a church court under Canon law.

John Bell is taken to church court, having been accused of stealing a woman's land.