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  1. Church law. In England, the Church of England
  2. has special ecclesiastical courts to
  3. administer church law. Each diocese has a
  4. consistory court with a right of appeal to
  5. the Court of Arches (in the archbishop of
  6. Canterbury's jurisdiction) or the Chancery
  7. Court of York (in the archbishop of York's
  8. jurisdiction). They deal with the
  9. constitution of the Church of England, church
  10. property, the clergy, services, doctrine, and
  11. practice. These courts have no influence on
  12. churches of other denominations, which are
  13. governed by the usual laws of contract and
  14. trust.
  15.