commissary court

noun

1

: the court of a bishop's commissary

2

a

: a former supreme probate and divorce court in Scotland absorbed by the Court of Sessions in 1863

b

: a county or sheriff's court in Scotland that appoints and confirms executors of estates possessing personal property

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