Original sentence: Following the precedents of the Synod of Constance and Synod of  Basle, the Council of Trent decreed: The court of the bishop is the court of first instance Each suit must be brought to a close within at least two years.The forum is either the free, voluntary choice of the parties ({{lang|la|forum prorogatum), or it is defined by law (), but in criminal and matrimonial cases there is no
Edited sentence: Following the precedents of the Synod of Constance and Synod of Basle, the Council of Trent decreed: The court of the bishop is the court of first instance Each suit must be brought to a close within at least two years.The forum is either the free, voluntary choice of the parties (), or it is defined by law (), but in criminal and matrimonial cases there is no