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Abrogation

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the revocation of a law in its totality

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Act of Administration

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Any juridic act performed in the administration of a parish, diocese, or other juridic person, e.g., singular administrative acts and contracts

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Singular Administrative Act

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a formal act given in writing by executive authority that makes some determination, whether favorable or unfavorable, for an individual or individuals (decree, precept & rescripts, cc. 35-47).

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Administrator

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  1. an official of the church who is responsible for administrative tasks in general, including planning, organization, leadership of groups, finances, etc. 2. a person responsible for financial administration.
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Adult

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A person who is at least 18 yrs of age; for RCIA, one who is seven yrs old and has use of reason (c. 852).

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Alienation

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the transfer of ownership of property that is part of the stable patrimony of a juridic person (cc. 1291-1296)

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Apostasy

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The total repudiation of the Christian faith after the reception of baptism (can. 751).

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Apostolic Constitution

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A formal, solemn document issued by the Pope on matters of doctrinal or juridical importance for the universal Church

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Apostolic See

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Rome–Also called the Holy See. In CL, the term includes the pope, the secretariat of state, and the dicasteries of the Roman Curia (c. 361).

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Association of the faithful

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A group of the faithful, distinct from institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, whether of a private or public nature, organized for a spiritual, charitable, or apostolic purpose (cc. 298-329).

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Attempted marriage

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a marriage that is manifestly null due to lack of legal form or a diriment impediment (cc. 694, 1041, 1085). *or defect of consent

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Auditor

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a tribunal official who assists the judge in the collection of proofs (c. 1428)

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Authentic Interpretation

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An interpretation of the alw given by the legislator or by the one to whom he has given the power to interpret his laws authoritatively. Authentic interpretations have the force of law (c. 16).

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Authorization

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A juridic empowerment, granted by means of an administrative act of the competent authority, which enables a person to perform lawfully an act of ministry or administration other than an act of the power of governance; a non-jurisdictional faculty.

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Bination

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the celebration and/or concelebration of two Masses by a priest on a single day. The verb form is “to binate” (c. 905, 2).

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Canon Law

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  1. all the laws, both divine and ecclesiastical, universal and particular, of the Roman Catholic Church 2. the laws that appear as canons in the Code of Canon Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches 3. The scholarly discipline whose subject matter is the laws of the Church.
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Canon penitentiary

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The priest appointed as confessor with habitual faculties to remit automatic censures that have not been declared and are not reserved to the Apostolic See. In dioceses where there is no chapter of canons, he is called the priest penitentiary or penitentiary (cc. 508, 968).

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Canonical form

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The requirement that the marriage of a Catholic be celebrated before two witnesses and a priest or deacon who has the faculty to assist at marriages (c. 1108).

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Catechist (general)

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One who assists the pastor or local ordinary in the religious formation of children and adults (cc. 776, 780).

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Censure

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A penalty of excommunication, interdict, or suspension (cc. 1331-1338).

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Chancellor

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An official whose principal task is to oversee the diocesan archives (& chancery). Frequently chancellors are delegated other specific powers by the Diocesan Bishop (c. 482).

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Chaplain

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A priest to whom is entrusted in a stable manner the pastoral care, at least in part, of some community or particular group of the faithful (c. 564).

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Chapter

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An official, formal meeting of religious, whether at the general, provincial, or conventual level (cc. 631-633).

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Sacred Chrism

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The oil consecrated by a bishop for use in baptism, confirmation, holy orders (priesthood/episcopal), and the dedication of a church and an altar (c. 880, 2).

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Christian Faithful (christifidelis)

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A person validly baptized. Collectively, the Christian faithful make up the Church, the community of baptized believers in Christ (c. 204).

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Church (building)

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A building designated for divine worship to which the faithful have a right to go, especially for the celebration of the liturgy (c. 1214).

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Church (community)

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A community of the baptized faithful of Christ that has maintained the substance of Christian doctrine, valid sacraments, and a hierarchy in apostolic succession, eg. the Roman Catholic Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Polish National Church (c. 844, 3). See Ecclesial Community.

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Church sui iuris

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A community of the faithful united by its own hierarchy in communion with the pope that is expressly or tacitly recognized by the supreme authority of the Church as autonomous, e.g., Latin, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Maronite, Melkite, etc. (CCEO, c. 27). There are twenty-two such churches in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Civil Law

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The laws of the secular state, as opposed to canon law (c. 22) The term may also refer to the legal system based on Roman law, as in continental Europe.

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College of Bishops

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All the bishops in communion with the Pope (c. 336).

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College of Consultors

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a group of six to twelve priests selected by the bishop from among the members of the Presbyteral council to advise him on certain matters determined in the law (c. 502).

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Common error

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mistaken judgment (of a community that a minister or administrator has a power or faculty when he does not have it c. 144).

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Commutation

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the substitution by the competent authority of one legal obligation for another that the subject of the law can more easily satisfy (c. 1245).

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Consecrated Life

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life consecrated by the profession of the evangelical counsels. Those in consecrated life include hermits, virgins, people in religious institutes, secular institutes, and other forms recognized by the Apostolic See (cc. 573, 605).

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Consent (marital)

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the essence of marriage; the free choice between a man and a woman to marry each other (c. 1057). (NB: marriage is a juridic act with 3 elements: 1. qualifications 2. essential elements 3. formalities)

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Consummation

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The first act of sexual intercourse, open to procreation, between a man and a woman, performed willingly and mutually, after entering a valid marriage (c. 1061).

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Convalidation

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A legal remedy by which a couple’s invalid marriage consent is subsequently made valid (c. 1156).

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Crime

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an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.

in marriage: An impediment to marriage that arises when a person kills his or her spouse to marry another, or when a man and a woman have caused the death of the spouse of either of them by phyisical or moral copperation to be free to marry each other (c. 1090).

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Curia

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Institutions and persons who furnish assistance to an ecclesiastical authority, especially the Pope, Eastern patriarchs, and major archbishops, and all diocesan bishops and eparchs and their canonical equivalents.

Diocesan and papal curias have pastoral, administrative, and judicial functions (c. 469).

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Custom

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A practice of a community that the community considers normative; it can have the force of law in accord with canons 24-26.

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Danger of Death

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the condition of being at risk of dying due to illness, injury, warfare, execution, or other cause (c. 1079).

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Days of penance

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Days on which acts of penance are required or recommended, especially Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and all Fridays that are not solemnities (cc. 1249-1253).

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Dean

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also called the vicar forane or archpriest, a priest in charge of a deanery (vicariate forane), which is a grouping of parishes in territorial proximity within a diocese (c. 553).

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Declaration of invalidity (or nullity) of marriage

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The authoritative judgment by a judicial tribunal, following procedures established in canon law, that a marriage is invalid (cc. 1671-1691).

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Decree (executory)

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Similar to a general decree, but issued by an executive rather than a legislative authority. Executory decrees are not laws, but are binding administrative norms that determine more precisely the methods to be observed in applying the law or themselves urge the observance of laws (cc. 31-33).

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Decree (general)

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An act that is properly speaking a law, issued by a competent legislator for a community capable of receiving laws (cc. 29-30).

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Decree (judicial)

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An act of a judge that makes a binding determination on a matter concerning a trial (c. 1629).

48
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Decree (singular)

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An administrative act issued by a competent executive authority in which a decision is given or provision is made in a particular case (c. 48).

49
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Defender of the bond

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A judicial official whose function is to propose and clarify everything that can be reasonably adduced against the nullity or dissolution of the bond of marriage (c. 1432).

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Delegation by law (a iure)

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The grant of a faculty by the law (eg. 883, 3).

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Delegation, personal (ab homine)

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the act of granting a faculty to a person by another person who has the power to grant it (c. 137). (as well subdelegation)

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Delict

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A crime; an offense for which a canonical punishment has been established in the law (cc. 1364-1399).

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Derogation

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The revocation of part of a law; an alteration in the law that does not change or abolish it completely (c. 20).

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