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Querela coram rege a concilio discutienda et terminanda
Querela coram rege a concilio discutienda et terminanda, a writ by which one is called to justify a complaint of a trespass made to the King himself, before the King and his council, Reg. Brev. 124....
Queen consort
Queen consort, the wife of the reigning King. She is a public person, exempt and distinct from the King, for she is of ability to purchase lands and to convey them, to make leases, to grant...
Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis praeferri debet
Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis praeferri debet, means where the title of the king and the title of a subject concur, the King's title must be preferred, Laws of England, 4th Edn.,...
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Conservators of the truce and safe conducts
Conservators of the truce and safe conducts, officers appointed to hear and determine questions relating to the breaking of the king's truce and safe conducts upon the main sea, out of the liberties of the Cinque...
Green cloth
Green cloth. The counting-house of the king's household was commonly called the Green Cloth in respect of the green cloth upon the table whereat the lord steward, the treasurer of the king's house, and other inferior...
Common Pleas, the Court of
Common Pleas, the Court of, so called because its original jurisdiction was to determine controversies between subject and subject, one of the three Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, presided over by a lord chief...
Collatione facta uni post mortem alterius
Collatione facta uni post mortem alterius, a writ directed to justices of the Common Pleas, commanding them to direct their writ to a bishop, for the admitting a clerk in the place of another presented by...
Civil list
Civil list, an annual sum granted by Parliament at the commencement of each reign, for the expenses of the royal household and establishment, as distinguished from the general exigencies of the state; it is the provision...
Aurum regin'
Aurum regin', queen-gold. A royal revenue belonging to every queen consort during her marriage with the king, and due from every person who has made a voluntary offering or fine to the king amounting to ten...
Corporation or body politic
Corporation or body politic, an artificial person es-tablished for preserving in perpetual succession certain rights, which being conferred on natural persons only would fail in process of time. It is either aggegate, consisting of many members,...
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