Rota

Vatican judicial body

The Rota, formally the Roman Rota, is the highest appellate tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church, handling appeals in ecclesiastical cases including marriage annulments.

The name comes from the circular arrangement of the judges' benches.

Rota is also a small island in the Northern Mariana Islands. (Lowercase rota is a British term for a duty schedule.)

island

Mariana

Name for deepest waters

  • PacificEarth's vastest ocean
  • islandWater-bounded land mass
  • GuamU.S. island in Micronesia

Saipan · commonwealth · territory

tribunal

court

Trial venue or sports surface

ecclesiastical · annulment · papal · canonical · appeal · petition · decree · judgment · nullity · marriage

Opposites
organizational structure

Rotachaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorder · disorganization · spontaneity · improvisation · randomness

judicial authority type

Rotacivil court

Forum for private disputes

state court · criminal court · circuit court · district court · supreme court

Phrases
Family

rotate, rotation, rotating, rotated, rotary, rotund, rotor, rotunda, rotational

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