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In American law. A court of criminal jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania. It is held at the same time with the court of quarter sessions, as a general rule, and by the same judges. See Brightly's Purd. Dig. Pa. pp. 26, 382, 120L … [Read more...] about COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER AND GENERAL JAIL DELIVERY

This was an English court of very ancient origin, but new-modeled by St. 3 Hen. VII. c. 1, and 21 Hen. VIII. c 20, consisting of divers lords, spiritual and temporal, being privy councillors, together with two judges of the courts of common law, without the intervention of any Jury. The jurisdiction extended legally over riots, perjury, misbehavior of sheriffs, and other … [Read more...] about COURT OF STAR CHAMBER

Now superseded by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), handles appeals from determinations made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. … [Read more...] about COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS

In English law. A court sometimes appointed by the crown to ascertain whether it be proper to resort to extreme measures against a person charged before a court-martial. In American law. A court constituted by authority of the articles of war, invested with the power to examine into the nature of any. transaction, accusation, or imputation against any officer or soldier. The … [Read more...] about COURT OF INQUIRY

An English tribunal composed of delegates appointed by royal commission, and formerly the great court of appeal in all ecclesiastical causes The powers of the court were, by 2 & 3 Wm. IV. c. 92, transferred to the privy council. A commission of review was formerly granted, in extraordinary cases, to revise a sentence of the court of delegates, when that court had apparently … [Read more...] about COURT OF DELEGATES