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Error

defects in the record, or to the House of Lords from the Exchequer Chamber; or to the King's Bench Division of the High Court in criminal cases. Proceedings in error were abolished by the (English) Jud. Act,

Beakiron

A bickern a bench anvil with a long beak adapted to reach the interior surfaces of sheet metal ware the horn of

Amendment

as to costs and postponement as they may think fit. As regards Courts of Summary Jurisdiction the King's Bench Division can amend an order bad for want of form upon the return of a writ of certiorari.

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Admiralty proceedings

Admiralty proceedings, means proceedings in the Admiralty Court of the Queen's Bench Divison of the High Court of Justice and in any other court exercising Admiralty Jurisdiction. Halsbury's Laws of

Admiralty Court

Admiralty Court, includes the Admiralty Court of Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice and any other court exercising Admiralty Jurisdiction. Halsbury's Laws of England,

A court immediately below

a court of original jurisdiction or in exercise of appellate jurisdiction is a court immediately below the Division Bench which hears an appeal against his judgment under the relevant clause of the Letters Patent, A. Rangaswamy Iyengar

Seat

or thing upon which one sits hence anything made to be sat in or upon as a chair bench stool saddle or the like

Mountebank

One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place boasts of his skill in curing diseases and vends

Imbenching

A raised work like a bench

Exigenter

An officer in the Court of Kings Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents The office is now abolished

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