See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

COURT OF See also:

• COMMON

COMMON PLEAS  , formerly one of the three See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law courts at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster—the other two being the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench and See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer . The See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of common pleas was an offshoot of the See also:

• CURIA

Curia Regis or king's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . Previous to Magna Carta, the king's council, especially that portion of it which was charged with the management of judicialand See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue business, followed the king's See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . This, as far as private litigation was concerned, caused See also:

• GREAT

great inconvenience to the unfortunate suitors whose plaints awaited the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of the court, for they had, of See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity, also to follow the king from See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place, or lose the opportunity of having their causes tried . Accordingly, Magna Carta enacted that common pleas (communia placita) or causes between subject and subject, should be held in some fixed place and not follow the court . This place was fixed at Westminster . The court was presided over by a See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief (capitalis justiciaries de communi banco) and four See also:

• PUISNE (from O. Fr. puisne, modern puine, later born, inferior; Lat. postea, afterwards, and natus, born)

puisne See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges . The See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of the common pleas was, by the Judicature See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1873, vested in the king's bench See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the High Court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice .