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ORDINARY (med. See also: canon See also: law, the name commonly employed to designate a See also: superior ecclesiastic exercising " ordinary " jurisdiction (jurisdictionem ordinariam), i.e. in accordance with the normal organization of the See also: church
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It is usually applied to the
See also: bishop of a diocese and to those who exercise jurisdiction in his name or by delegation of his functions
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Thus, in See also: Germany, the See also: term ordinariat is applied to the whole See also: body of officials, including the bishop, through whom a diocese is administered
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In See also: English law, however, the term ordinary is now confined to the bishop and the chancellor
of his See also: court
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The See also: pope is the ordinarius of the whole See also: Roman Catholic Church, and is sometimes described as ordinarius ordinariorum
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Similarly in the Church of See also: England the See also: king is legally the supreme ordinary, as the source of jurisdiction
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The use of the term ordinary is not confined to ecclesiastical jurisdiction
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In the
See also: civil law the judex ordinarius is a See also: judge who has See also: regular jurisdiction as of course and of See also: common right as opposed to persons extraordinarily appointed
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The term survived throughout the See also: middle ages wherever the Roman law gained a foothold
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In the See also: Byzantine See also: empire it was applied to any one filling a regular office (e.g
.
De-aver ^5p&vetptos= See also: consul ordinarius, apxwv 6pSwapeos=praefectus ordinarius); but it also occasionally implied See also: rank as distinct from office, all those who had the title of clarissimus being sometimes described as op&vapcoc
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In England the only See also: case of the term being employed in its civil use was that of the office of judge ordinary created by the See also: Divorce See also: Act of 1857, a title which was, however, only in existence for the space of about eighteen years owing to the incorporation of the Divorce Court with the High Court of See also: Justice by the Judicature Act 1875
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But in Scotland the ordinarySee also: judges of the Inner and See also: Outer Houses are called lords ordinary, the junior See also: lord ordinary of the Outer See also: House acts as lord ordinary of the bills, the second junior as lord ordinary on teinds, the third junior as lord ordinary on See also: Exchequer causes
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In the See also: United States the ordinary possesses, in the states where such an officer exists, See also: powers vested in him by the constitution and acts of the legislature identical with those usually vested in the courts of See also: probate
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In See also: South Carolina he was a judicial officer, but the office no longer exists, as South Carolina has now a probate court
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In the See also: German See also: universities the Professor ordinarius is the occupant of one of the regular and permanent chairs in any faculty
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