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Appeals in standard judicial process, if appealed to the Holy See, normally do not reach the Signatura. Those go to the Sacra Rota Romana . However, a few special processes are adjudicated before the Signatura:
  • Conflicts of jurisdiction between two or more tribunals or Dicasteries ,

  • Administrative acts of Ordinaries and dicasteries (including penal cases decided without using a court), and

  • Actions of Rota auditors that render their decision null, necessitating a new trial in the Rota.


Whereas a Rotal decision could, in theory, be appealed to the entire Rota, there is no normal appeal from the decision of the Signatura (can. 1629 §1 CIC).


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