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  2. Court of King's Bench (England) - Wikipedia

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    The Court of King's Bench, [a] formally known as The Court of the King Before the King Himself, [a] was a court of common law in the English legal system. Created in the late 12th to early 13th century from the curia regis , the King's Bench initially followed the monarch on his travels.

  3. King's Bench jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    King's Bench jurisdiction or King's Bench power is the extraordinary jurisdiction of an individual state's highest court over its inferior courts. In the United States, the states of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma and Wisconsin [1] use the term to describe the extraordinary jurisdiction of their highest court, called the Court of Appeals in New York or the ...

  4. King's Bench Division - Wikipedia

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    The Court of King's Bench grew out of the King's Court, or Curia Regis, which, both in character and the essence of its jurisdiction, dates back to the reign of King Alfred. At first, it was not specifically a court of law, but was the centre of royal power and national administration in England, consisting of the King, together with his ...

  5. Justice of the King's Bench - Wikipedia

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    Justice of the King's Bench, or Justice of the Queen's Bench during the reign of a female monarch, was a puisne judicial position within the Court of King's Bench, under the Chief Justice. The King's Bench was a court of common law which modern academics argue was founded independently in 1234, having previously been part of the curia regis. [2]

  6. King's Bench - Wikipedia

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    Court of King's Bench (Ireland), a historic senior court of common law in Ireland; King's Bench Division, a division of the High Court of England and Wales that assumed many of the responsibilities of the historic King's Bench in 1875; Court of King's Bench of Alberta, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Alberta; Court of King ...

  7. Law Reports - Wikipedia

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    Law Reports, Queen's Bench, covering decision of the King's Bench Division (named the Queen's Bench Division during the reigns of Victoria and Elizabeth II) of the High Court – started in 1865, [13] renamed Law Reports, Queen's Bench Division in 1875, renamed to drop "Division" in 1891, [14] renamed to take account of the change of monarch in ...

  8. Semayne's case - Wikipedia

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    In 1604, the Court of King's Bench gave judgment against Semayne. [3] The court resolved: It is not a felony for a man to defend his house to the death. Sheriffs may break and enter to recover seisin over real estate. Sheriffs may break and enter on the king's business after a request for entry is refused. Sheriffs may enter when the door is open.

  9. Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan - Wikipedia

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    In 1915, the province passed legislation, The King's Bench Act [12] and The Court of Appeal Act, [13] for the purpose of creating a new court structure. Those acts came into effect on March 1, 1918, resulting in the abolition of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan and the creation of the trial-level Court of King's Bench and the Court of Appeal ...