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Sidebar
Sidebar, a position at the side of a judge's bench where counsel can confer with judge beyond jury's earshot, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1386. Means the
Revenue
by Order in Council, under s. 32 of that Act, the Exchequer Division was merged in the Queen's Bench (now King's Bench) Division. The practice and proceedings on the revenue side of that division are, except as
Mandamus
most extensive remedial nature. In form it is a command issuing in the King's name from the King's Bench Division of the High Court only, and addressed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature requiring
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High Court of Justice
formerly exercised by the following Courts, viz.: '(1) The High Court of Chancery; (2) The Court of King's Bench; (3) The Court of Common Pleas at Westminster; (4) The Court of Exchequer; (5) The Court of Admiralty;
Crown Office
Crown Office, a department originally belonging to the Court of King's Bench. The Act (6 & 7 Vict. c. 20) abolished the clerks in this Court and themonopoly of their
Criminal information
Criminal information, a proceeding in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice at the suit of the king,without a previous indictment or presentment
Bail
bail in that case be allowed, except by order of a Secretary of State or by the King's Bench Division of the High Court, or a judge thereof in vacation; while, on the other hand, they are
Common Pleas, the Court of
confined to civil matters, having no cognizance in criminal cases, and was concurrent with that of the King' Bench and Exchequer in personal actions and ejectment. It had a peculiar or exclusive jurisdiction in the following cases:-
Banco
Banco, means a seat or bench of justice, a tract of land cut off by the shifting of a river's course especially land that
Articles of the peace
Articles of the peace, a complaint exhibited either in the King's Bench Division of the High Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, or Court of Summary Jurisdiction, when any one
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