| 单词 | the king's serjeant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe King's (or Queen's) Serjeant b. the King's (or Queen's) Serjeant: a title given to a limited number of the serjeants-at-law, appointed by patent.The king's serjeants were supposed to be charged with the duty of pleading in the courts on behalf of the crown; but from an early period it had ceased to be more than an honorary distinction. The senior in rank of the king's serjeants was designated ‘the King's Serjeant’, and the second ‘The King's Ancient Serjeant’. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > serjeant sergeant1297 countourc1325 the King's (or Queen's) Serjeant1423 servant1511 1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 201/2 The King' Sergeant to be sworne..to yeve the poor Man..Counsaill. 1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 240/1 Oon of the Kynges Sergeauntz atte lawe. 1482 Rolls of Parl. VI. 207/1 Richard Pygot, and Roger Townessend, the Kyng's Sergeants of the Lawe. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 11 Lews Pollard the Kynges serjeaunt at the Lawe. 1600 E. Coke Les Reports iii. To Rdr. D iv b Out of these the King electeth one, two, or three as please him to be his Serieants, which are called the Kings Serieants. 1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. xxx. 576 The Queens Serjeants at Law. a1825 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVII. 308/2 The King's Serjeant, so constituted by special patent; the King's Ancient Serjeant. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life I. 209 A post filled at that time by Mr. Serjeant Manning, Queen's ancient serjeant. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 682/2 Until 1814 the two senior King's serjeants had precedence of even the attorney-general and solicitor-general. < as lemmas |
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