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A court having jurisdiction to hear and redress injuries or affronts to a man's honor or personal dignity, of a nature not cognizable by the ordinary courts of law, or encroachments upon his rights In respect to heraldry, coat-armor, right of precedence, and the like. It was one of the functions of the Court of Chivalry (q. 17.) in England to sit and act as a court of honor. 3 … [Read more...] about COURT OF HONOR

There is in each county of Alabama a court of record, styled the "court of county commissioners," composed of the judge of probate, as principal judge, and four commissioners, who are elected at the times prescribed by law, and hold office for four years. Code Ala. 1886, … [Read more...] about COURT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

In English law. The county court of London, held before the mayor, recorder, and sheriff, but of which the recorder Is, in efTect, the sole judge. No actions can be brought in this court that are merely personal. 3 Steph. Comm. 440, note I. In American law. A local court in some parts of the state of Virginia. Smith v. Commonwealth, 6 Grat. 606. … [Read more...] about COURT OF HUSTINGS

Now superseded by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), handles appeals from determinations made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.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