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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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