单词 | queen's bench division |
释义 | > as lemmasQueen's Bench Division Chiefly with the. During the reign of a queen: a court of record and the supreme court of common law in the United Kingdom (now historical); (in later use) spec. one of the three divisions of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales (more fully Queen's Bench Division). Later also (as Court of Queen's Bench): the supreme court of each of a number of provinces in Canada. Cf. King's Bench n. 1.The later specific sense relating to England and Wales was established by the Judicature Act of 1873. Cf. chancery n. 2a, family division n. (b) at family n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > King's or Queen's Bench King's Benchc1390 Bank Royalc1450 Upper Bench1649 Queen's Bench1665 1665 G. Duncombe Tryals per Pais iii. 31 For in Error in the Exchequer Chamber of a Iudgement in the Queen's Bench, the Error assigned was, because the Venire facias was awarded to the Coroners, for Consanguinity in the Sheriff. ?1700 Case of Richard Bromley 3 The said Committee..got an Award, founded upon a Rule of the Court of Queen's-Bench. 1789 Times 10 Apr. 3/2 When her Majesty Queen Anne went in procession to St. Paul's, in the year 1706, the Right Honourable Robert Harley..and Sir Charles Hedges, were principal Secretaries of State; Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. 1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (new ed.) at King's Bench During the reign of a Queen, it is called the Queen's Bench; and..in Cromwell's time, it was stiled the Upper Bench. 1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 439 The Queen's Bench Division reversed his decision. 1957 ABA Jrnl. Feb. 120/3 It sounds like a story attributed to Sir Norman Birkett, Judge of the Queen's Bench. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 Feb. 6/4 The judge of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench who sentenced him to Regina to four life terms for the murder of four children. 2002 Times 22 July 28/5 Mr Justice Burton so held in the Queen's Bench Division when dismissing the appeal. < as lemmas |
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