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CHIVALRY, COURT OF

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In English law. The name of a court anciently held as a court of honor merely, before the earl-marshal, and as a criminal court before the lord high constable, jointly with the earl-marshal. It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or war, as well as pleas of life or member. It also corrected encroachments in matters of coat-armor, … [Read more...] about CHIVALRY, COURT OF

CHIEF JUSTICIARY

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An officer among the English, established soon after the conquest. 2. He had judicial power, and sat as a judge in the Curia Regis. In the absence of the king, he governed the kingdom. In the course of time, the power and distinction of this officer gradually diminished, until the reign of Henry III, when the office was abolished. … [Read more...] about CHIEF JUSTICIARY

CHIMIN

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In old English law. A road, way, highway. It is either the king's highway (chiminus regis) or a private way. The first is that over which the subjects of the realm, and all others under the protection of the crown, have free liberty to pass, though the property In the soil itself belong to some private individual; the last is that in which one person or more have liberty to … [Read more...] about CHIMIN