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dock

cage] : the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar, stand

of members of Parliament. They are tried by a puisne judge of the High Court in the King's Bench Division [(English) Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868, s. 11; the Judicature Act, 1925, s. 67; the (English) Parliamentary Elections

Assise of darrein presentment

(English) C. L. P. Act, 1860, s. 26, quare impedit cannot be brought, an action in the King's Bench (formerly Common Pleas) Division of the High Court of Justice being substituted for it.

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Back Bencher

Back Bencher, is the member of British Parliament or of those based on British pattern who are not among the

Bail Court

Bail Court, sometimes called the Practice Court, was an auxiliary of the Court of Queen's Bench. It heard and determined ordinary matters, and disposed of common motions, Consult Chit. Arch. Prac.

Eire, or eyre

this was done for the east of the people, who must else have been brought to the King's Bench, if the cause were too high for the County Court: it is said they were sent but once

Divisional Court

Act, 1925, s. 63, replacing App. Jur. Act, 1876, s. 17). Much of the business of the King's Bench Division, but none of that of the other Divisions, is transacted by Divisional Courts, consisting usually of two

Divan

Divan [an Arabic or Turkish word], a council-room, a state-chamber, a raised bench or cushion.

Damage-cleer

a fee assessed of the tenth part in the Common Pleas, and the twentieth part in the King's Bench and Exchequer, out of all damages exceeding five marks recovered in those courts, in actions upon the case,

Custos brevium

Custos brevium (the keeper of the writs), a principal clerk belonging to the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, whose office it was to keep the writs returnable into those courts. Abolished by 1

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