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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
Lloyd's bonds
Lloyd's bonds. Instruments under the seal of a railway company, admitting the indebtedness of the company to a specified amount to the obligee, with
Mayor's Court, London
Mayor's Court, London. See LORD MAYOR'S COURT.
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Palmer's Act
Court to be tried in that Court, in order to give him a trial free from local prejudice. So called from the poisoner William Palmer, of Rugeley, in Staffordshire, who was tried and convicted at the Central
Queen's Coroner and Attorney
Coroner and Attorney, an officer on the Crown side of the Queen's Bench (6 & 7 Vict. c. 20), who by the (English) Judicature Officers) Act, 1879, became a 'Master of the Supreme Court.'
Queen's prison
Queen's prison, means a prison established in 1842 in Southwark, to be used for debtors and criminals confined under authority of the superior courts at Westminster, the highest
S.P.,
S.P., sine prole without issue; d.s.p. means 'demisit sine prole,' i.e. 'died without issue.'
Vancouver's Island
Vancouver's Island. See 12 & 13 Vict. c. 48; 21 & 22 Vict. c. 99, s. 6; 29 & 30 Vict. c. 67 (providing for union with British
Crimen l's' majestatis
Crimen l's' majestatis, the crime of injured majesty; treason. See TREASON
Coroner's
absent from his or her duties, for example on holiday, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v. Inner South London Coroner, (2003) 1 WLR 371.
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