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King's Bench
being an ancient palace of the Crown, but might remove with the King as he thought proper to command. The jurisdiction of the court was very high. It kept all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their
Writ
and QUO WARRANTO. A court's written order, in the name of a state or other competent legal authority, commanding addressee to do or refrain from doing some specified act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. It is a
officer
or enforcing the law [a police ] 2 : one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command [the directors, s, employees, and shareholders of a corporation] 3 : one who holds a position of authority
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Civil Law
C'sar's time, made a compilation of the Pr'tor's Edicts, which was made perpetual by Salvius Julianus, at the command of the Emperor Hadrian, many years later. (5) The Codes of Gregorius, Hermogenianus, and Theodosius the Younger. Gregorius,
Admiral
Admiral, [derived through the Fr. amiral, from Amir al Bahir, Arab., commander of the sea or fleet], an officer having high command in the Royal Navy. An admiral has two
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
for a person deprived of his liberty. It is addressed to him who detains another in custody, and commands him to produce the body, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, and to do,
Serjeant
a serjeant is only ministerial. Serjeants-at-law were made by the sovereign's writ, addressed unto such as are called, commanding them to take upon them that degree by a certain day, Fortescue, c. 50; 3 Cro. 1; Dyer,
Sanction of a law
the provision for enforcing or promoting its observance. 'The evil which will probably be incurred in case a command be disobeyed, or (to use an equivalent expression) in case a duty be broken, is frequently called a
Repugnant
they cannot stand together at the same time and one law is inconsistent with another law when the command or power or provision in the one law conflicted directly with the command or power or provision in
Quare impedit
Court. The judgment is that the successful party recover his presentation, and a writ issues to the bishop, commanding him to admit his presentee. In cases where there is an appeal to the archbishop and a judge
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