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• Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland — The Court of King s Bench (or Court of Queen s Bench during the reign of a Queen) was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King s Bench in England. The Lord Chief Justice was the most senior judge in… …   Wikipedia

• King's Bench Prison — The King s Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, from medieval times until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King s Bench court of law in which cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard; as such …   Wikipedia

• King's Bench — King s Bench, the also the King s Bench Division part of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales. This name is used during the times when Britain is ruled by a king. →↑Queen s Bench, the …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• King's Bench Walk —    On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).    First mention: O. and M. 1677.    In the 18th century the King s Bench Office (q.v.) stood there, containing the Records of the Court, now in the Record… …   Dictionary of London

• King's Bench — King s (Queen s) Bench One of the superior courts of common law in England, being so called because the king (or queen) used formerly to sit there in person, the style of the court being coram ipso rege. It was called the queen s bench in the… …   Black's law dictionary

• King's Bench — King s (Queen s) Bench One of the superior courts of common law in England, being so called because the king (or queen) used formerly to sit there in person, the style of the court being coram ipso rege. It was called the queen s bench in the… …   Black's law dictionary

• king's bench — n: a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales that hears civil cases (as commercial cases) and appeals of criminal cases used during the reign of a king compare queen s bench Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

• King's Bench — (Law) Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the {Queen s Benc …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• King's Bench — or Queen s Bench n. [so called because the sovereign used to sit in court on a raised bench] Eng. Law 1. Historical the supreme court of common law 2. one of the three divisions of the High Court of Justice …   English World dictionary

• king's bench or queen's bench — The highest common law court in England until its end as a separate tribunal in 1875. Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …   Law dictionary

• King's Bench — King s′ Bench′ n. law the highest British court of common law, dealing with both civil and criminal cases: a division of the High Court of Justice Also called, when a queen is sovereign,Queen s Bench …   From formal English to slang