Arches, COURT OF, a court belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, anciently held in the church of St Mary-le-Bow (S. Maria de Arcubus) in London. The presiding judge is called the Dean of Arches. His office has long been united with that of the archbishop's principal official; and the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874 provided that the same judge should also become the principal official of the Chancery Court of York. See ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.
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