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Queen's Bench Division, means the English court, formerly known as the Queen's Bench or King's Bench, that presides over tort and contract actions, applications for judicial review, and some Magistrate-court appeals, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259.The jurisdiction of the Court of Queen's Bench was assigned, by s. 34 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, to the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; and by Order in Council under s. 32 of the same Act, the Common Pleas and Exchequer Divisions were, in February 1881, merged in the same 'Queen's Bench Division,' which began to be styled, after the death of the late Queen Victoria in January, 1901, the 'King's Bench Division.' As to assignment of business to, see (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (2)....
Queen's Bench
Queen's Bench, means historically, the highest common-law court in England, presided over by the reigning monarch. The jurisdiction of this court now lies with the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; when a king begins to reign, the name automatically changes to King's Bench. Also termed court of Queen's Bench, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259.Queen's Bench. See KING'S BENCH....
Marshal of the Queen's bench
Marshal of the Queen's bench, an officer who had the custody of the Queen's Bench Prison. The 5 & 6 Vict. c. 22 abolished this office, and substituted an officer called Keeper of the Queen's Prison....
Queen's Bench
Queen's Bench : a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales that hears civil cases (as commercial cases) and appeals of criminal cases used during the reign of a queen compare king's bench ...
King's Bench
King's Bench. The Court of King's or Queen's bench (so called because the King used formerly to sit there in person (though the judges determined the causes), the style of the Court still being coram ipso rege, or coram ipsa regina) was a Court of record, and the Supreme Court of Common Law in the kingdom, consisting of a chief justice and four puisne justices, who were by their office the sovereign conservators of the peace and supreme coroners of the land.This court, which was the remnant of the aula regia, was not, nor could be, from the very nature and constitution of it, fixed to any certain place, but might follow the King's person wherever he went, for which reason all process issuing out of this Court in the King's name was returnable 'ubicunque fuerimus in Anglia.' For some centuries, and until the opening of the Royal Courts, the court usually sat at Westminster, being an ancient palace of the Crown, but might remove with the King as he thought proper to command.The jurisdict...
Queen's Coroner and Attorney
Queen's Coroner and Attorney, an officer on the Crown side of the Queen's Bench (6 & 7 Vict. c. 20), who by the (English) Judicature Officers) Act, 1879, became a 'Master of the Supreme Court.'...
King's Bench
King's Bench : a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales that hears civil cases (as commercial cases) and appeals of criminal cases used during the reign of a king compare queen's bench ...
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel (abbreviated Q.C.). See KING'S COUNSEL (abbreviated K.C.). All Queen's Counsel at the death of the late Queen Victoria became King's Counsel without any new appointment....
Queen's proctor
Queen's proctor, means a solicitor that represents the crown in domestic-relations, probate, and admiralty cases. For example, in a suit for divorce or nullity of marriage, the Queen's proctor might intervene to prove collusion between the parties. Also termed (when a king reigns) King's proctor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259....
Queen's Remembrancer
Queen's Remembrancer, an officer on the revenue side of the Court of Exchequer. See the (English) Queen's Remembrancer Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 21), and the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104). He became an officer of the Supreme Court by the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 77....
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