Employee of the superior authority of the Catholic parish as its court agent
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https://doi.org/10.15633/acan.3829Keywords:
by court agent, parish, diocese, diocesan curia, civil law proceedingsAbstract
According to the Polish law governing court proceedings in civil matters, parties may act before court as represented by court agents. A court agent of a legal person may be an employee its superior authority. The author in the article shows, using legal and theological arguments, that the superior authority of the Catholic parish is not a diocesan curia (as it was recognized by one of the courts in Poland), and not even a diocese, but only the diocesan bishop. As a consequence, only a person employed by the diocesan bishop can represent a parish before the courts.
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