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Aula Regis, or Regia
Hall, where until the Judicature Act it continued under the name of the Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, Brac. L. 3, tr. 1, c. 7. See ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE.
Bar of the House
Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham & S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 24. Bar of the House, in the House of Commons, the Bar consists of two rods which can be drawn across the end of the benches to form … two pillars near the door which opens into the Central aisle facing the Speaker and which connects the benches on either side of the aisle. Before an offender is brought to the Bar of the House, the
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Prohibition
the suggestion that the cognizance thereof belongs not to such Court. It is a remedy provided by the Common Law against the encroachment of jurisdiction. The writ issued not only out of the King's Bench, but also
Habeas corpora juratorum
Latin (that you have the bodies of the jurors), a process which issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury. The practice was similar to the distringas from the King's … Pleas, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury. The practice was similar to the distringas from the King's Bench and Exchequer for the same purpose. Abolished by C.L.O. Act, 1852, s. 104. Is a writ or order
Coke, Sir Edward
after his accession in 1603, made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1606 and of the King's Bench in 1613, 'taking particular delight,' writes Lord Campbell in his Lives of the Chief Justices, 'in styling himself … by the Inner Temple in 1578, counsel in Shelley's case (see that title), Speaker of the House of Commons, Solicitor-General and Attorney-General under Queen Elizabeth, knighted by James I. shortly after his accession in 1603, made Chief
Recognition adnullanda per vim et duritiem facta
Recognition adnullanda per vim et duritiem facta, a writ to the justices of the Common Bench for sending a record touching a recognisance, which the recognisor suggests was acknowledged by force and duress; that
Crown office
The criminal branch of the Court of Kings or Queens Bench commonly called the crown side of the court which takes cognizance of all criminal cases
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
Uniformity of Process Act
39), by which personal actions, therefore commenced by different processes in the Courts of King's Bench, Exchequer, and Common Pleas were first commenced by one process applicable to all three courts alike. See LATITAT; QUO MINUS.
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