King's Bench - meaning and definition. What is King's Bench
Diclib.com
ChatGPT AI Dictionary
Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:

Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence

On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:

  • how the word is used
  • frequency of use
  • it is used more often in oral or written speech
  • word translation options
  • usage examples (several phrases with translation)
  • etymology

What (who) is King's Bench - definition

NAME OF SUPERIOR COURTS IN A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS
Kings Bench; Court of Queen's Bench; Court of King's Bench; Kings Bench Division; Queen's bench; Queen’s Bench; Upper Bench; King's bench; Court of the Queen's Bench; Court of Queen’s Bench; Queens bench; Court of king's bench; Court of Queen before the Queen Herself; Court of King before the King Himself; Court of the King before the King Himself; Court of the Queen before the Queen Herself; Queen-on-the-Bench; Queen's Bench; King's Bench (disambiguation); Queen's Bench (disambiguation)

King's Bench         
·- 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.
King's Bench         
¦ noun in the reign of a king, the term for Queen's Bench.
Queen's Bench         
n. 1) the highest court in Great Britain during the reign of a Queen, so that opinions are identified as a volume of Queen's Bench (QB). 2) in the United States, organizations of women lawyers, dating from when women were a small minority of practicing attorneys and needed to encourage each other, urge employment of women attorneys, protect against discrimination and promote the cause of equality for women lawyers. Recent bar admissions now include close to 50 percent women.

Wikipedia

King's Bench

The King's Bench (French: Cour du banc du Roi), or, during the reign of a female monarch, the Queen's Bench (Cour du banc de la Reine), refers to several contemporary and historical courts in some Commonwealth jurisdictions.

  • Court of King's Bench (England), a historic court of common law in the English legal system until 1875
  • Court of King's Bench (Ireland), a historic senior court of common law in Ireland
  • King's Bench Division, a division of the High Court of England and Wales that assumed many of the responsibilities of the historic King's Bench in 1875
  • Court of King's Bench of Alberta, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Alberta
  • Court of King's Bench of Manitoba, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Manitoba
  • Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of New Brunswick
  • Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
  • Court of King's Bench of Quebec, a historical trial court in the British colony of Quebec
  • Court of King's Bench of Quebec, the prior name for the present-day Quebec Court of Appeal of pre-Confederation Canada East and modern province of Quebec