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links to concordance    Art. 1.          Can.  1421 §1. In a
diocese, the bishop is to appoint diocesan judges, who are to be
clerics.    Can.  1422 The judicial vicar, adjutant judicial
vicars, and other judges are appointed for a definite time,
without prejudice to the prescript of can. 1420, §5 and cannot
be removed except for a legitimate and grave cause.  Can.  1423
§1. With the approval of the Apostolic See, several diocesan
bishops can agree to establish a single tribunal of first
instance for their dioceses in place of the diocesan tribunals
mentioned in cann. 1419-1421. In this case, the group of bishops
or a bishop they designate has all the powers which a diocesan
bishop has over his own tribunal.  §2. The tribunals mentioned
in §1 can be established either for any cases whatsoever or only
for certain types of cases.  Can.  1424 In any trial, a single
judge can employ two a