judicatory

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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)

It is but for a moment indeed before the judicatory; and then out of doors it contradicts itself, as in the mock repentances.

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)

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

If then an inferior judicatory offend or injure us, we ought to carry the matter to another that has more influence and authority.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by