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See KING'S BENCH. … [Read more...] about COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH

See COURT, supra. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition At common law, any jurisdiction which has the power to fine and imprison, is a court of record. And courts which do not possess this power are not courts of record. See Court. 2. The act of congress, to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, approved April 14, 1802, enacts, that for the purpose of admitting … [Read more...] about COURT OF RECORD

In English law. One of the forest courts, in England, held every third year, for the wing or expeditation of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer. It is now obsolete. 3 Steph. Comm. 440 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 71, 72. … [Read more...] about COURT OF REGARD

In some of the United States (e. p., Georgia) this name is given to the probate or surrogate's court, or the court having the usual jurisdiction in respect to the proving of wills and the administration of decedents' estates. Veach v. Rice, 131 U. S. 293, 9 Sup. Ct. 730, 33 L. Ed. 103. … [Read more...] about COURT OF ORDINARY

The name of the highest court of civil jurisdiction in Scotland. It was composed of fifteen judges, now of thirteen. It sits in two divisions. The lord president and three ordinary lords form the first division; the lord Justice clerk and three other ordinary lords form the second division. There are five permanent lords ordinary attached equally to both divisions; the last … [Read more...] about COURT OF SESSION