the body of codified ecclesiastical law, especially of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope.
Origin
1300-50;Middle English
Related forms
canon lawyer, noun
Examples from the web for canon law
Instead, he bowed to pressure from a guy in canon law.
If you knew anything about canon law--and you obviously don't--you would understand why what happened, happened.
Secular texts were also illustrated and are represented by manuscripts treating canon law, ancient history, and civic statutes.
British Dictionary definitions for canon law
canon law
noun
1.
the law governing the affairs of a Christian Church, esp the law created or recognized by papal authority in the Roman Catholic Church See Corpus Juris Canonici, Codex Juris Canonici