Crown Office

Crown Office, a department originally belonging to the Court of King's Bench. The Act (6 & 7 Vict. c. 20) abolished the clerks in this Court and themonopoly of their practice, throwing it opento all persons admitted or admissible to practise as attorneys of the then Court of Queen's Bench; it also abolished several ancient offices and many burthen some fees,and made the office subject to the direct control of the Lord Chief Justice. Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 104 et seq. Replaces the (English) Supreme Court of Judicature (Officers) Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 78), which amalgamated the Crown Office with the Cntral Office of the Supreme Court, and transferred to such Central Office the' King's Coroner and Attorney' and the 'Masterof the Crown Office.'. See R.S.C. 1883, Ord.LXI., and Short and Mellor's Crown Office Practice.