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Webster 1913 Edition
King's Bench
King’s Bench
Noun.
(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 Bench
. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation.