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King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the...

King's Bench. The Court of King's or Queen's bench (so called because the King used formerly to sit there in...

Aid of the King [auxilium regis, Lat.], the king's tenant prays this, when rent is demanded of him by others....

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Kings peace, means a royal subject's right to be free from crime (to 'have peace') in certain areas subject to...

Kings-at-Arms. The principal herald of England was of old designated king of the heralds, a title which seems to have...

Champion of the King (or Queen), an ancient officer, whose duty (hereditary in the family of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire) it...

King's widow, a widow of the King's tenant-in-chief, who was obliged to take oath in Chancery that she would not...

King's keys. The King's keys are, in law phrase, the crow-bars and hammers used to force doors and locks in...

King's silver, the money which was paid to the King, in the Court of Common Pleas for a licence granted...

King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In proper cases it is...

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King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the...

King's Bench. The Court of King's or Queen's bench (so called because the King used formerly to sit there in...

Aid of the King [auxilium regis, Lat.], the king's tenant prays this, when rent is demanded of him by others....

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