 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 pages
...styled the upper bench. The court consists of a chief justice, and three puisne judges. These judges are, by their office, the sovereign conservators of the peace, and the supreme coroners of the land. Yet, though the king used to sit in this court, and still is supposed so to do, he did not, neither... | |
 | Curry, William, jun. and co., pub - Dublin (Ireland) - 1835 - 408 pages
...relief at common law, and this must be without any fault of his own, as having lost his bond, &c. The Court of Chancery has a general jurisdiction over...cognizance both of criminal and civil causes. It has the superintendence of all civil corporations, can reverse erroneous judgments, and punish magistrates... | |
 | George Bowyer - Constitutional law - 1841 - 742 pages
...kingdom, consisting of a chief justice and four puisne justices, who are THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION. by their office the sovereign conservators of the peace, and the supreme coroners of the land. Yet though the king himself used to sit in this court (as king Edward I. frequently did), and her majesty... | |
 | Ireland - 1846 - 756 pages
...supreme court of common law. A chief justice and three puisne judges preside in this court, and are the sovereign conservators of the peace, and the supreme coroners of the land. The court has very extensive powers ; it takes cognizance of both criminal and civil causes ; it superintends... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...the court still being coram ipso rege. 19. What are the judges of the court of king's bench ? — 41. They are, by their office, the sovereign conservators of the peace, and supreme coroners of the land. 20- Far what reason is all process isming out of this court, in the king's... | |
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COURT OF KING'S BENCH is the supreme Court of Common Law, and in it a Chief Justice and three puisne Judges preside ; they are by their office the sovereign conservators of the peace, and the supreme coroners of the land. 