Queen Consort - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition queen-consort

Definition :

Queen consort, the wife of the reigning King. She is a public person, exempt and distinct from the King, for she is of ability to purchase lands and to convey them, to make leases, to grant copyholds, and to do other acts of ownership, without the concurrence of her husband. She has separate courts and offices distinct from the King's, not only in matters of ceremony but even of law; and her attorney and solicitor-general are entitled to a place within the bar of his Majesty's courts, together with the King's Counsel. She may likewise be sued and sue alone, without joining her husband; she is indeed considered as a feme sole, and not as a feme covert. See Co. Litt. 133 a; Jac. Law Dict.