单词 | high court of parliament |
释义 | > as lemmasHigh Court of (†the) Parliament High Court of (†the) Parliament n. (a formal name for) the Parliament of the United Kingdom (or formerly that of England or Great Britain). Cf. court n.1 10. Now chiefly historical.Originally applied to the two Houses of Parliament in session considered collectively, and in later use chiefly applied to Parliament considered in its judicial capacity. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > high court High Court of Parliament1399 High Justice1654 Sudder1834 palace of justice1835 Supreme Court1888 Crown Court1970 1399 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1399 Pleas §9. m. 2 In this heghe court of the parlement. 1450 Impeachm. Duke of Suffolk in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 126 We..pray that this be enacte in this your High Courte of Parlement. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xiiiv Thys gay inuencyon of thys beggers proctour, yt he fayneth the kyngs hyghnes to be in hys hygh courte of parlyament more weke and feble then the clergye, ys a feble deuyce. 1548 Order of Communion sig. A.ij For so much as in oure hyghe Courte of Parliament, lately holden at Westmynster..wyth the consent of the Lordes spirituall & temporall, and Commons there assembled. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 133 Now call we our high court of parliament, And let vs chuse such limbs of noble counsaile. View more context for this quotation 1643 W. Laud Copy of Petition Houses of Parl. sig. A4 Your Petitioner therefore humbly beseeches, that..this grave and Honourable Councill, now Assembled in high Court of Parliament would looke upon him in mercy. 1704 J. Brydall Privilegia Magnatum apud Anglos 8 Tho' in the High Court of Parliament, our Temporal Barons may give their Votes by Procuracy, or Proxy. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 139 He tells me he has an uncle that is a marquis, and three or four cousins that are in the high court of parliament. 1839 Charter 8 Sept. 523/3 The Judges resolved that they had no power to determine..the privileges of the High Court of Parliament. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 176/1 A surpliced choir were chaunting faint amens to faint prayers for the high court of Parliament and the Lord Lieutenant. 1931 P. Howard Criminal Justice in Eng. v. 286 The High Court of Parliament also has jurisdiction to try any peer against whom an indictment for treason or felony..has been found. 2008 Virginia Law Rev. 94 594 There was one court even more powerful and highly regarded: the high court of Parliament. < as lemmas |
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