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A Source Book for Mediæval History

Note {109} — VII. COURTS, JUDICIAL PROCESSES, AND THE PEACE

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The meaning of this exception is not clear in the original. Apparently it is put in to preserve the right of the bishop over the churches and the clergy of his diocese, and to prevent any of the lower clergy from citing the decree in restraint of episcopal control; so also the exception in paragraph 3.

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