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Adrian VI
Adrian VI 1459-1523, pope (1522-23), a Netherlander (b. Utrecht) named Adrian Florensz; successor of Leo X. He taught at Louvain and was tutor of the young prince, later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V . This was a time when Roman life was extravagant, papal expenditures on worldly objects were lavis... Read more
Paul IV
Paul IV 1476-1559, pope (1555-59), a Neapolitan named Gian Pietro Carafa; successor of Marcellus II. First superior of the Theatines (see Cajetan, Saint ), he was sternly ascetic. A leading reformer, he organized the Inquisition set up by Paul III. As pope, he labored to purify the clergy and abol... Read more
Court of Exchequer
Court of Exchequer , in English history, governmental agency. It originated after the Norman Conquest as a financial committee of the Curia Regis. By the reign of Henry II it had a separate organization and was responsible for the collection of the king's revenue as well as for exercising jurisdicti... Read more
Pedro de Luna
Pedro de Luna , 1328?-1423?, Aragonese churchman, antipope (1394-1417) with the name Benedict XIII. He was a doctor of canon law and as cardinal (1375) became an outstanding member of the Curia Romana. He supported the election of Urban VI , but later switched his allegiance to Robert of Geneva , ... Read more
forum
forum market and meeting place in ancient Roman towns in Italy and later in the provinces, corresponding to the Greek agora . By extension the word forum often indicates the meeting itself in modern usage. The forum was usually square or rectangular in shape and had, among other buildings, a bas... Read more
Arnold of Brescia
Arnold of Brescia , c.1090-1155, Italian monk and reformer, b. Brescia. A priest of irreproachable life, Arnold studied at Paris, where according to tradition he was a pupil of Peter Abelard. He first gained prominence in a struggle at Brescia between the bishop and the city government. Arnold becam... Read more
cardinal
cardinal [Lat.,=attached to and thus "belonging to" the hinge], in the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the highest body of the church. The sacred college of cardinals of the Holy Roman Church is the electoral college of the papacy . Its members are appointed by the pope. A cardinal's insign... Read more
Johann Reuchlin
Johann Reuchlin , 1455-1522, German humanist and lawyer, a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, b. Baden. He taught jurisprudence at Tübingen. In 1492 he began the study of Hebrew, and his Rudimenta Hebraica (1506) was the first Hebrew grammar written by a Christian. His reputation as a scholar had a... Read more
witenagemot
witenagemot [Old Eng.,=meeting of counselors], a session of the counselors (the witan) of a king in Anglo-Saxon England. Such a body existed in each of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Composed of the higher churchmen, the earls, and other members of the nobility, it was aristocratic, and its membership a... Read more
Robert Grosseteste
Robert Grosseteste , c.1175-1253, English prelate. Educated at Oxford and probably also at Paris, he became one of the most learned men of his time. He taught at Oxford and later, as rector, made the university an important center of learning. In 1224 he became lector of the Franciscans there and fo... Read more

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Amicus Curiae
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law AMICUS CURIAE Literally, friend of the court. A person...consistent with its own views. Such amicus curiae briefs are commonly filed in appeals concerning...an officer or agency thereof. An amicus curiae educates the court on points of law that...
Curia Regis
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law CURIA REGIS [ Latin, The King's Court. ] The...century the king was entrusting business to his Curia, a body of officials appointed from the...of the royal court. With the king, the Curia Regis administered all of the king's business...
Curia
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law CURIA [ Latin, Court. ] A judicial tribunal or court convened in the sovereign...established church. In England the tribunal of the king's justice was the curia regis, so named because the king originally presided over its proceedings...
Curia Romana
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Curia Romana Official administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church. It is based in the Vatican and consists of a court of officials...
curia regis
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History curia regis. See great council .
cardinal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...for the pope, directing the work of the Curia Romana, as the papal administration is...headship of the church, most organs of the Curia have power to judge, to command, and...infallibility ). The major divisions of the Curia are the secretariat of state, the Roman...
Zemstvo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...districts' population was divided. The first curia consisted of landowners who possessed 200...income of at least 6,000 rubles. This curia consisted mainly of nobles and landlords...grew more and more prominent. The second curia consisted of city dwellers who possessed...
common law
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...justice of the king, exercised through his curia regis , rather than the customary law exercised...Henry I the justice of the king in his curia was sometimes invoked in favour of a subject...had the right and the duty to sit in his curia regis to hear their disputes, or to deal...
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...discrimination. She also filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the WRP in Frontiero...1973) and even orally argued as amicus curiae in Frontiero , urging the Court to find...discrimination cases, and helped write amicus curiae briefs in fifteen additional cases. While...
Amicus Brief
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Amicus Brief An amicus curiae (“friend of the court...policy or later litigation. Amicus curiae almost invariably align themselves with...effects of potential rulings. An amicus curiae is usually an organization, although...

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Curia
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Curia the papal court at the Vatican, by which the Roman Catholic Church is governed...departments. The word is recorded from the mid 19th century, and comes from Latin curia , denoting a division of an ancient Roman tribe, also (by extension) the...
curia
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology curia (Rom. antiq.) XVI; Papal Court XIX. — L. cūria division of the Roman people, its place of assembly, (hence) senate; of unkn. orig. So curial XV. — F. — L.
curia regis
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History curia regis See great council .
Curia, Roman
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Curia, Roman. The collective organization which conducts the day-to-day affairs of the Roman Catholic Church.
Peter Peregrinus,also known as Pierre De Maricourt
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...and Master ( Magister ) Peter de Maharn-curia, a Picard. ” 11 Since two of...Notandum de magistro Petro de Maharne Curia ” ( “ It should be noted that this is about Peter of Macharne Curia ” ). If the glossator is
common law
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...justice of the king, exercised through his curia regis , rather than the customary law exercised...had the right and the duty to sit in his curia regis to hear their disputes. Until the...dispensed by the itinerant justices of the curia regis. When the courts of Common Pleas...
John Paul II
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...fostered good relations with other world religions, especially Islam and Judaism . He reorganized the Curia and continued to internationalize both the Curia and the college of Cardinals. He promulgated the new Codex Iuris Canonici in 1983 and in 1990...
King's Bench, Court of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...of common law. The Court of King's Bench evolved from the curia regis , the itinerant royal court which dealt with the administration...Peterborough recorded that Henry II ordered five judges of the curia regis to sit permanently to hear complaints from his subjects...
Office, Divine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Mattins had become the general pattern for all clergy, secular and monastic. The Papal Curia developed a shorter Office. Because of the prestige of the Curia, by the 12th cent. this was regarded as the Office of the Roman Church. St Francis...
Moerbeke, William of
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...from excommunication (1272, from Orvieto, seat of the papal curia), and authorized Albertus Magnus to absolve two abbeys in...mathematician and astronomer Campanus of Novara at the papal curia. Moerbeke may well have been in touch with Aquinas at or near...

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Renaissance Humanism and the Papal Curia: Lapo da Castiglionchio the Younger's De curiae commodis
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Humanism and the Papal Curia: Lapo da Castiglionchio the Younger's De curiae commodis. By Christopher...an office in the papal curia, which traditionally...himself. Except for the De curiae commodis, his literary...defense of the papal curia against its detractors...
AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS: THE COURT'S PERSPECTIVE*
Magazine article from: Justice System Journal; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...cannot. Whereas most studies of amicus curiae briefs focus on the influence of these...Court, this article considers amicus curiae briefs in state appellate courts. Considering...the parties. Most research on amicus curiae participation has been conducted from...
New rules on amicus curiae briefs: amicus participation: avoiding the fish-eyed stare.(Florida)
Magazine article from: Florida Bar Journal; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; The role of amicus curiae in the judicial process has changed over...retained the provision that an amicus curiae brief could be filed only by leave of...fundamental shift in the role of amicus curiae over the last century. The original...
The amici curiae in disqualification case vs FPJ.
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/25/2004; 700+ words ; ...availing itself of the views of, amici curiae should be made public prior to assuming...them to be its friends. * * * Amicus Curiae as defined by Bouviers Law Dictionary...or mistaken;... Any one as amicus curiae may make application to the court in which...
Bringing get-it-done spirit to the curia. (World).(influential Americans in Rome)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 3/8/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...with Americans in Rome. Americans in the curia, in religious life, in pontifical universities...The number of Americans in the Vatican curia is at a historic high, and though they...consequential to have served in the Roman curia. Ironically, those two more or less cancel...
Congress Moves CURIA To Front Burner At Last.
Magazine article from: Credit Union Journal; 3/10/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...languishing on the congressional back-burner, CURIA, the regulatory relief bill for credit unions...regulatory relief bill for credit unions call it CURIA lite which had most of the same provisions as CURIA except the three major ones opposed by banks...
Amicus curiae in the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure: A Developing Country's Foe?
Magazine article from: Aussenwirtschaft; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; The admittance of amicus curiae briefs in the US-Shrimp/Turtle dispute...firmly opposed the inclusion of amid curiae into the Disupute Settlement Understanding...WTO, dispute settlement, amicus curiae, DSU review Jel-Codes: K33, O19...
Cardinal Arns says pope gives his curia free rein: the pope replies, 'You are mistaken. The curia is the pope.' (Paulo Evaristo Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/11/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...he cited disproportionate power of the Roman curia. Until recent weeks, it has been highly unusual...have placed the destiny of the church with the curia. "My impression is that the curia is governing the church," Arns said in the interview...
CURIA Sponsorship Is Litmus Test For CU Campaign Aid.(CU Regulatory Improvements Act)
Magazine article from: Credit Union Journal; 11/6/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Regulatory Improvements Act, better known as CURIA. The regulatory relief bill, which has...contributions at the 125 co-sponsors of CURIA, donating more than $2 million to the...to his or her leadership PAC. Because CURIA was never voted on in the 109th Congress...
The Roman curia gets an even break.(All the Pope's Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/15/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...new book All the Pope's Men, he gives the Curia Romana an even break. His goal is to facilitate...describing in some detail the organization of the curia, Allen demolishes five "myths" about the curia. It is not monolithic. It does not speak...