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King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), by which the Crown 'of England, France and Ireland' was settled, after the death of William III. and Princess Anne without issue on the Electress Sophia of Hanover 'and the heirs of her body being Protestants'; the Union with Scotland Act, 1706 (6 Anne, c. 11), which constituted one kingdom of Great Britain; and the Union with Ireland Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 67), as varied by the Government of Ireland Act,1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 67), and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927 (17 Geo. 5, c. 4), whereby 'United Kingdom' shall, on and after the 12th April, 1927, mean Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland having ceased to b...
Sea king
One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures a Norse pirate chief See the Note under Viking...
Chambers of the King
Chambers of the King (Regi' camer'). The exclusive territorial jurisdiction of the British Crown over the in closed parts of the sea long the coasts of the island of Great Britain has immemorially extended to those bays called the King's chambers: that is, portions of the sea cut off by lines drawn from one promontory to another, Wheat. Int. Law, 234....
Royal Title
Royal Title, '[George VI.] by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of all the British dominions beyond the seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.' The words 'British dominions beyond the seas' were added by King Edward VII. in pursuance of the Royal Titles Act, 1901, and the title of Empress of India had been added by Queen Victoria in pursuance of the Royal Titles Act, 1876, to the Royal Titles given under the Union Acts....
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...
Aid of the King
Aid of the King [auxilium regis, Lat.], the king's tenant prays this, when rent is demanded of him by others. A city or borough, holding a fee-farm from the king, if anything be demanded which belongs to such fee-farm, may pray, in 'aid of the king,' and the king's bailiffs, collectors, or accountants shall have aid of the king. The proceedings are then stayed until the Crown counsel are heard, but this aid will not be granted after issue, because the Crown cannot rely upon the defence made by another, Termes de la Ley...
Kings peace
Kings peace, means a royal subject's right to be free from crime (to 'have peace') in certain areas subject to the King's immediate control, such as the King's palace or highway. A breach of the peace in one of these areas subjected the offender to punishment in the King's Court. Overtime, the area subject to the King's peace grew, which in turn increased the jurisdiction of the royal courts. Also written King's Peace, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 875....
Four seas
Four seas. These are (1) The Atlantic, which comprises the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel; (2) The North Sea; (3) The German Ocean; and (4) The English Channel. See Woolrych on Waters. Before the reign of James the First, the four seas were understood with more restriction, the Scotch seas being excluded. The expression 'within the four seas,' 'intra quatuor maria,' means 'within the kingdome of England, and the dominions of the same kingdome.'-Co. Litt. 107 a....
Kings-at-Arms
Kings-at-Arms. The principal herald of England was of old designated king of the heralds, a title which seems to have been exchanged for king-at-arms about the reign of Henry IV. The kings-at-arms at present existing in England are three: Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy, besides Bath, who is not a member of the college. Scotland is placed under an officer called Lyon King-at-Arms, and Ireland is the province of one named Ulster. See HERALD....
Perils of the sea
Perils of the sea, means perils, dangers and accidents of the sea or other navigable waters is an expression meaning perils, or accidents peculiar to sea or navigable waters, which could not have been reasonably foreseen and guarded against by ordinary skill and prudence by carrier or his agents or servants, Collis Line Pvt. Ltd. v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., AIR 1982 Ker 127.They are strictly the natural accidents peculiar to the water, but the law has extended this phrase to comprehend events not attributable to natural causes, as captures by pirates, and losses by collision, where no blame is attachable to either ship, or at all events to the injured ship. It was held by the House of Lords in Hamilton, Fraser & Co. v. Pandorf & Co., (1887) 12 App Cas 518, that, where (under a charter-party or bills of lading which excepted dangers and accidents of the seas'), rats gnawed a hole in a pipe on board ship, whereby sea-water escaped and damaged a cargo of rice, without neglect or defa...
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