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Pax regis

Pax regis, the King's peace-verge of the Court....


Peace of the King

Peace of the King [pax regis, Lat.], that security for life and goods which the king promises to all his subjects, or others taken into his protection. See PEACE, BREACH OF....


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., Vol. 8, para 1076, p. 666.Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis preferri debet (9 Rep. 129), when the rights of the king and of the subject concur, those of the king are to be preferred....


Injuria illata judici, seu locum tenenti regis, videtur ipsi regi illata, maxime si fiat in exercente officium

Injuria illata judici, seu locum tenenti regis, videtur ipsi regi illata, maxime si fiat in exercente officium [Lat.], an injury offered to a judge, or person representing the king, is considered as offered to the king himself, especially if it be done in the exercise of his office...


Curia Regis

Curia Regis. See AULA REGIS....


Ad jura regis

Ad jura regis, a writ which was brought by the king's clerk, presented to a living, against those who endeavoured to eject him, to the prejudice of the king's title, Reg. Brev., 61....


Aula Regis, or Regia

Aula Regis, or Regia, a Court established by William the Conqueror in his own hall; it was composed of the great officers of state resident in the palace, and followed the king's household in all his expeditions. The trial of common causes in it was, on this account, very burdensome to the people, and accordingly the 11th chapter of Magna Charta thus enacted:-'communia placita non sequantur curiam nostram sed teneantur in aliquo loco certo.' This 'certain place' was established in Westminster 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....


Auxilium facere alicui in curia regis

Auxilium facere alicui in curia regis, to become another's friend and solicitor in the King's Courts, an office undertaken for and granted by some courtiers to their dependants in the country, Ibid. 126....


Auxilium regis

Auxilium regis, the king's aid or money levied for the royal use and the public service, as taxes granted by Parliament, 1 Bl. Com. C. viii....


Benevolentia regis habenda

Benevolentia regis habenda, the form of purchasing the royal pardon and favour, in ancient fines and submissions, to be restored to estate, title, or place, Paroch. Antiq. 172....


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