Theprivilegium fori (Latin for "privilege of the (legal) forum") is a generic term for legal privileges to be tried in a particular court or type ofcourt of law.[1] Typically, it is an application of the principle of trial by one's peers, either by such ajury or at least by a specific court from that social segment, such as a soldier by acourt martial, a cleric by anecclesiastical court.[1]
Privilegium fori used to be one of theecclesiastical privileges in thecanon law of the Catholic Church: a member of theclergy received a special tribunal in civil and criminal causes before anecclesiastical judge.[1][2] This privilege was based on provisions inRoman law, which worked their way into church law and received preliminary codification inGratian'sDecretum, though later popes continued to adjust the terms of the privilege.[3]
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