Roman Rota

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court of appeal ecclesiastical court tribunal of the Catholic Church

The Roman Rota is the highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church, primarily responsible for judging cases related to marriage nullity and other canonical disputes.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Tribunal of the Roman Rota 2
Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota 1
Dean of the Roman Rota 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of appeal ⓘ
ecclesiastical court ⓘ
tribunal of the Catholic Church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Roman Rota ⓘ
surface form: Sacra Rota Romana

Roman Rota ⓘ
surface form: Sacred Roman Rota
appealFrom diocesan tribunals ⓘ
interdiocesan tribunals ⓘ
appealTo Pope ⓘ
belongsTo Apostolic Tribunal system ⓘ
bindingOn lower ecclesiastical tribunals ⓘ
competence cases reserved to the Holy See ⓘ
second-instance trials from diocesan and interdiocesan tribunals ⓘ
third-instance trials in canon law ⓘ
decisionsCalled sentences ⓘ
distinctFrom Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ
Apostolic Signatura ⓘ
establishedBy Holy See ⓘ
handles administrative recourses in certain circumstances ⓘ
marriage nullity cases ⓘ
other contentious canonical cases ⓘ
hasMember auditor ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
defender of the bond ⓘ
notary ⓘ
prelate auditor ⓘ
promoter of justice ⓘ
headedBy Roman Rota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dean of the Roman Rota
historicalPrecursor Apostolic Chancery ⓘ
surface form: Papal Chancery court
jurisdiction Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
language Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalSystem canon law ⓘ
location Vatican City ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from the round (rota) table at which judges sat ⓘ
officialName Roman Rota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tribunal of the Roman Rota
partOf Roman Curia ⓘ
primaryFunction court of appeal in canon law cases ⓘ
highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church after the Pope ⓘ
proceduralLaw Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ
surface form: Code of Canon Law

proper procedural norms of the Roman Rota ⓘ
seat Palazzo della Cancelleria ⓘ
subordinateTo Holy See ⓘ
surface form: Apostolic See

Pope ⓘ
typeOfCaseSpecialization marriage nullity ⓘ
procedural questions in canon law ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Rota → alsoKnownAs → Roman Rota ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sacra Rota Romana
Roman Rota → alsoKnownAs → Roman Rota ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sacred Roman Rota
Roman Rota → headedBy → Roman Rota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dean of the Roman Rota
this entity surface form: Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Roman Rota → officialName → Roman Rota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tribunal of the Roman Rota
Apostolic Signatura → supervises → Roman Rota ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota