See also:

• CURIA

CURIA REGIS, or AULA REGIS  , a See also:

• TERM

term used in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest to about the end of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to describe a See also:

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

council and a 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:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition and functions of 'which varied considerably from time to time . Meaning in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general 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 court," it is difficult to define the See also:

• CURIA

curia regis with precision, but it is important and interesting because it is the germ from which the higher courts of 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, the privy council and the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet, have sprung . It was, at first the general council of the king, or the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune concilium, i.e. the feudal See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of the tenants-in-See also:

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

chief; but it assumed a more definite See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character during the reign of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry I., when its members, fewer in number, were the officials of the royal See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house-hold and other See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends and attendants of the king . It was thuspractically a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the larger council, and assisted'the king in his judicial See also:

• WORK

work, its authority being as undefined as his own . About the same time the curia undertook See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial duties, and in this way was the See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent of the court of See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer (curia regis ad scaccarium) . The members were called " justices," and in the king's See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence the chief See also:

• JUSTICIAR (med. Lat. justiciarius or justitiarius, a judge)

justiciar presided over the court . A further step was taken by Henry II . In 1178 he appointed five members of the curia to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

• SPECIAL

special court of justice, and these justices, unlike the other members of the curia, were not to follow the king's court from See also:

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

place to place, but were to remain in one place . Thus the court of 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 (curia regis de bunco) was founded, and the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the court of See also:

• COMMON

common pleas was provided for in one of the articles of Magna Carta . The court of See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery is also an offshoot of the curia regis . About the time of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I. the executive and advising duties of the curia regis were discharged by the king's See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret council, the later privy council, which is thus connected with the curia regis, and from the privy council has sprung the cabinet . In his work Tractatus de legibus Angliae, Ranulf de See also:

• GLANVILL (or GLANVIL), JOSEPH (1636-168o)
• GLANVILL, RANULF DE (sometimes written GLANVIL, GLANVILLE) (d. 1190)

Glanvill treats of the See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure of the curia regis as a court of law .

See W . See also:

• STUBBS [STUBBES], PHILIP (c. 1555-c. 161o)
• STUBBS [STUnnE], JOHN
• STUBBS, WILLIAM (1825-1901)

Stubbs, Constitutional See also:

• HISTORY

History, vol. i . (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1883) ; R . See also:

• GNEIST, HEINRICH RUDOLF HERMANN FRIEDRICH VON (1816-1895)

Gneist, Englische Verfassungsgeschichte, See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by P . A . Ashworth (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1891) ; A . V . See also:

• DICEY, EDWARD (1832– )

Dicey, The Privy Council (London, 1887); and the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article PRIVY COUNCIL . (A . W .