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Littleton
Littleton, a judge of the Common Pleas in the reign of Edward IV., who composed a book of tenures for the use of his son,
Liber assisarum
Liber assisarum, the Book of Assizes or Pleas of the Crown, being the fifth part of the Year-Books.
Exigenter
Exigenter [fr. exigendarius, Lat.], an officer of the Court of Common Pleas, who makes all exigents, proclamations, etc., Cowel.
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Lancaster
the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice [see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 18(2)]; the Common Pleas became vested in the High Court, but the Chancery at Lancaster was not so vested. See also (English)
King's silver
King's silver, the money which was paid to the King, in the Court of Common Pleas for a licence granted to a man to levy a fine of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another
Habeas corpora juratorum
(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 Bench
Force and arms
They were also formally inserted in every declaration for trespass, in order to give the Court of Common Pleas or Exchequer jurisdiction, but were rendered unnecessary by the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 (15& 16 Vict. c.
Fitzherbert
reign of Henry VIII. He was first a serjeant, and some years after a judge, of the Common Pleas. The first book published by this learned author was his Grand Abridgment, printed in 1514 by Richard Pynson,
Faculties, Court of
Faculties, Court of, a jurisdiction or tribunal belonging to the archbishop. It does not hold pleas in any suits, but creates rights to pews, monuments, and particular places and modes of burial. It has
Mittendo manuscriptum pedis finis
to search for and transmit the foot of a fine acknowledged before justices in eyre, into the Common Pleas, Reg. Brev. 14
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