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The Court of King's Bench at work. This illuminated manuscript from about 1460 is the earliest known depiction of the English court. [1]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.
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 ...
The Justices of the King's Bench at work. This illuminated manuscript from about 1460 is the earliest known depiction of the English court. [1]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.
During the Commonwealth of England, from 1649 to 1660, the court was known as the Upper Bench. [2] The English Court of King's Bench was abolished in 1875 by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873. The Court's jurisdiction passed in each case to a new High Court of Justice and specifically to the King's Bench Division of that court.
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 ...
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 ...
An Act for completing the Line of the Glasgow, Parkend, and Woodend Turnpike Roads, for incorporating the same with the Roads under the Charge of the Glasgow and Shotts Road Trustees, and for the further Improvement and Maintenance of the said several Roads. (Repealed by Glasgow and Shotts Road Act 1847 (c.li))
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.