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Common Pleas, the Court of
in Council of December 16, 1880, under s. 31 of that Act, that division was merged in the Queen's (now King's) Bench Division.
Coke, Sir Edward
1578, counsel in Shelley's case (see that title), Speaker of the House of Commons, Solicitor-General and Attorney-General under Queen Elizabeth, knighted by James I. shortly after his accession in 1603, made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Charitable uses and trusts
for the benefit of that institution (5 Geo. 4, c. 39 s. 3); or to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty (2 & 3 Anne, c. 11, s. 4; 43 Geo. 3, c. 136, s. 1; and
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Causes celebres
is applied to any English case of great interest and importance, as the Tichborne case (see Tichborne Case), Queen Caroline's case, etc.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths
the ancient books thereof can be procured, but especially since the beginning of the reign of the late Queen. . . . And henceforth upon every sabbath day, immediately after Morning or Evening Prayer . . .
Bill of sale
and execution creditors, unless the bill or a copy thereof should have been filed in the Court of Queen's Bench within 21 days after its execution, together with an affidavit of the time of the bill of
Bill of Rights
Commons to the Prince and Princess of Orange, and afterwards enacted in Parliament, when they became King and Queen, as 1 W. & M., sess. 2, c. 2. Its Preambles sets forth that King James, by the
Banc (or Banco), sittings in
[fr. bancus, Lat., a seat or bench of justice. Thus Bancus Regin' or Bank la Reine is the Queen's Bench; Bancus communium Placitorum, or Bench le Common Pleas, is the Court of Common Pleas, or the Common
Bail Court
Bail Court, sometimes called the Practice Court, was an auxiliary of the Court of Queen's Bench. It heard and determined ordinary matters, and disposed of common motions, Consult Chit. Arch. Prac.
Augusta legibus soluta non est
Augusta legibus soluta non est.-(The wife of the emperor is not exempted from the laws.) The queen is the king's subject and not his equal, and as a general rule is on the same footing
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