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King
King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), by which the Crown 'of England, France and Ireland' was settled, after the death of William III. and Princess Anne without issue on the Electress Sophia of Hanover 'and the heirs of her body being Protestants'; the Union with Scotland Act, 1706 (6 Anne, c. 11), which constituted one kingdom of Great Britain; and the Union with Ireland Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 67), as varied by the Government of Ireland Act,1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 67), and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927 (17 Geo. 5, c. 4), whereby 'United Kingdom' shall, on and after the 12th April, 1927, mean Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland having ceased to b...
King can do no wrong
King can do no wrong, in India in criminal jurisdic-tion the principle 'king can do no wrong' is not applicable. The Government is as much bound by criminal liability as an individual, Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs v. Corporation of Calcutta, AIR 1967 SC 997: (1967) 2 SCR 170.In India in the sector of tort, State of Rajasthan v. Mst. Vidhyawati, AIR 1962 SC 933: 1962 Supp (2) SCR 989.Also this principle is on the verge of total abandonment, Pushpa Thakur v. Union of India, AIR 1986 SC 1199....
King Charles spaniel
A variety of small pet dogs having drooping ears a high dome shaped forehead pug nose large prominent eyes and long wavy hair The color is usually black and tan...
King post
A member of a common form of truss as a roof truss It is strictly a tie intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle If there are struts supporting the main rafters they often bear upon the foot of the king post Called also crown post...
king size
extra large as a king size bed...
King's Bench
King's Bench : a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales that hears civil cases (as commercial cases) and appeals of criminal cases used during the reign of a king compare queen's bench ...
King's Bench
King's Bench. The Court of King's or Queen's bench (so called because the King used formerly to sit there in person (though the judges determined the causes), the style of the Court still being coram ipso rege, or coram ipsa regina) was a Court of record, and the Supreme Court of Common Law in the kingdom, consisting of a chief justice and four puisne justices, who were by their office the sovereign conservators of the peace and supreme coroners of the land.This court, which was the remnant of the aula regia, was not, nor could be, from the very nature and constitution of it, fixed to any certain place, but might follow the King's person wherever he went, for which reason all process issuing out of this Court in the King's name was returnable 'ubicunque fuerimus in Anglia.' For some centuries, and until the opening of the Royal Courts, the court usually sat at Westminster, being an ancient palace of the Crown, but might remove with the King as he thought proper to command.The jurisdict...
King's Books
King's Books. They contain the Valor Beneficiorum-i.e., value of every ecclesiastical benefice and preferment, according to which valuation the first-fruits and tenths were collected and paid, and the clergy rated. This value was certified by certain commissioners, pursuant to 26 Hen. 8, c. 3, confirmed by 1 Eliz. c. 4....
King's Counsel
King's Counsel, barristers appointed counsel to the Crown, and called within the Bar. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue, advocati fisci, among the Romans. They must not be employed against the Crown without special licence, which is not refused unless the Crown desires to be represented by the individual in the case. Each King's Counsel had a small salary, but it is not so now. Under 13 & 14 Vict. c. 25 (repealed by (English) Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1875), they might act as judges of assize when named in the commission, and may, and often do, act as such judges, as being 'persons usually named in the commission' under s. 29 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, and being expressly authorised so to be named by s. 37 of that Act. See now (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 70; see ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF....
King's Evidence
King's Evidence. See APPROVER....