judicatory

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None of the banisht ministers could ever obtain a extrait of their sentence, which is a thing no judicatory ever refused.

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord

A Committee of Safety was the highest judicatory, and Allen was Col.

From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

These annual mass meetings or General Assemblies continued to be held, for many centuries after their first establishment, at the city of York, and were, during all that period, the supreme judicatory of the fraternity.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

The ruler should be the refiner to purge away this dross, and the army, or judicatory, or kingdom, is a vessel.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

It would appear that the duty and honour of presiding commonly devolved on the senior member of the judicatory.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)