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King's evil
King's evil, scrofula, formerly supposed to be cured by the King touching the sufferer and hanging round his neck a white ribbon to which was fastened a gold coin; for an account of the ceremony of 'touching,' see Macaulay's Hist. Of England, ch. xiv....
King's keys
King's keys. The King's keys are, in law phrase, the crow-bars and hammers used to force doors and locks in execution of the King's warrant, Scott's Antiquary....
King's printer
King's printer has the liberty of printing the Bible, Prayer Book, Statutes, and Acts of State, to the exclusion of all other presses, except those of the two universities, and by 56 & 57 Vict. c. 66, all (English) Statutory Rules. By the Evidence Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.113), s. 3, all copies of private, local, and personal Acts of Parliament, not public Acts, if purported to be printed by the Queen's printers, and all copies of the journals of either House of Parliament, and of royal proclamations purporting to be printed by the printers to the Crown, or by the printers to either House of Parliament, or by any or either of them, shall be admitted as evidence thereof by all Courts, etc., without any proof being given that such copies were so printed, and see 45 & 46 Vict. c. 9, and 7 Edw. 7, c. 16, as to colonial and dominion Acts and Orders....
King's proctor
King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In proper cases it is his duty to intervene in petitions for dissolution or for declaration of nullity of marriage to defeat collusion or the suppression of material facts. In his official capacity he cannot intervene to show cause against a decree nisi for dissolution of marriage being made absolute without the leave of the Court, Gray v. Gray, (1861) 30 LJP&M 96. In the case of an unsuccessful intervention the King's Proctor may be condemned in costs, Carter v. Carter, 1910 P. 151. See (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 181....
King's silver
King's silver, the money which was paid to the King, in the Court of Common Pleas for a licence granted to a man to levy a fine of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another person; and this must have been compounded, according to the value of the land, in the alienation office, before the fine would have passed, Inst. 511. see FINE....
King's widow
King's widow, a widow of the King's tenant-in-chief, who was obliged to take oath in Chancery that she would not marry without the King's leave....
King-geld
King-geld, a royal aid; an escuage....
Klinometer
See Clinometer...
Klipdas
A small mammal Hyrax Capensis found in South Africa It is of about the size of a rabbit and closely resembles the daman Called also rock rabbit...
Klipfish
Dried cod exported from Norway...