''Acta Curiae'' (Latin meaning "acts of court"), are records of the proceedings in

ecclesiastical courts In organized Christianity, an ecclesiastical court, also called court Christian or court spiritual, is any of certain non-adversarial courts conducted by church-approved officials having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. Histo ...

and in quasi-ecclesiastical courts, particularly of universities. They are sometimes also known as Registers of the Chancellor's (or Vice-Chancellor's) Court. This type of court was often used by local people who were college servants, to settle minor legal disputes. Records of a Vice-Chancellor's Court at the

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, exist from 1549 to 1883.Beal, Peter. (2008) "Acta Curiæ" in ''A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000''. Online edition.

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, 2008. http://www.oxfordreference.com Retrieved 22 November 2013.

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