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Queen's Coroner and Attorney
Queen's 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
Prohibition
by the Common Law against the encroachment of jurisdiction. The writ issued not only out of the King's Bench, but also out of the Courts of Chancery, Exchequer, and Common Pleas, and now issues out of the
Postman
the High Court, who had precedence in motions till the Exchequer was merged in the Queen's (now King's) Bench Divi-sion
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Pone
(which was rarely if ever the case), the plaint in a County Court was removed into the King's Bench or Common Pleas by writ of pone. It was an original writ obtained from the cursitor, bearing teste
Pocket-sheriff
When the sovereign appoints a person sheriff who is not one of the three nominated in the King's Bench Division of the High Court, he is called a pocket-sheriff, 1 Bl. Com. 342.
Paper-days
to hear the cases entered in the Special Paper for argument. They were also fixed in the Queen's Bench, Crown Paper-days for disposing of business on the Crown side of the Court. On these days no motions
Paper Office
deposited. Now merged in the Public Record Office. Also an office or room in the Court of King's Bench where the records belonging to that court are deposited; sometimes called Paper-mill.
Office
12 Ric. 2, c. 2, enacted that-- The Chancellor, Treasurer, . . . the Justices of the one bench and the other, Barons of the Exchequer and all other that shall be called to ordain, name, or
Exchequer Chamber, Court of
revision by the judges of the other two, sitting collectively. See 27 Eliz. c. 8 (error from Queen's Bench), and 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 70, s. 8 (error from the three Courts). The
Chambers
Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 31(8) and 62). By R. S.C. 1883, Ord. LIV., the masters in the King Bench Division, and the registrars in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division may exercise the jurisdiction of a judge
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