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King's proctor

King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In

King's widow

tenant-in-chief, who was obliged to take oath in Chancery that she would not marry without the King's leave.

S.P.,

S.P., sine prole without issue; d.s.p. means 'demisit sine prole,' i.e.

King's evil

King's evil, scrofula, formerly supposed to be cured by the King touching the

Knight's fee

it, and even a manor if it is usually called so. Consult Shep. Touch. 92, 93. Selden contends that it was

Lloyd's bonds

Lloyd's bonds. Instruments under the seal of a railway company, admitting the indebtedness of the company

Mayor's Court, London

Mayor's Court, London. See LORD MAYOR'S COURT.

Palmer's Act

order to give him a trial free from local prejudice. So called from the poisoner William Palmer, of Rugeley, in Staffordshire,

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),

Queen's prison

Queen's prison, means a prison established in 1842 in Southwark, to be used for debtors and criminals confined under authority

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