The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery is head of the Crown Office, which has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process.
Crown Court: The criminal court which hears more serious cases not dealt with in the magistrates' court.
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The word refers specifically to the British Monarch, where she is the head of state of Commonwealth countries. Prosecutions and civil cases taken (or defended) by the government are taken in the name of the Crown as head of state.
Crown. The sovereign; the royal power: also, that which concerns or pertains to the ruling power - the king or queen.
Curia regis. The king's court.
Crown Proceedings Act 1947
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Crown Prosecution A prosecution commenced by a peace officer or representative of the Crown. Private Prosecution A prosecution commenced by a member of the public, as opposed to a peace officer.
Expanded Legal Definition of Criminal NegligenceCrown The word refers specifically to the British Monarch, where she is the head of state of Commonwealth countries.
It is not a secret society, and its members have made no secret oaths to the British Crown ... and those who say otherwise are liars. The word has nothing whatever to do with Britain ...
The grant of a charter is one of the exclusive privileges of the crown, and the crown has from time to time exercised it in furtherance of trading enterprise. Examples of such grants are the Merchant Adventurers of England, chartered by Richard II.
By the common law of England every navigable river within the realm as far as the sea ebbs and flows is deemed a royal river, and the fisheries therein as belonging to the crown by prerogative, ...
In the UK, before 1948, it was not possible to sue the Crown for breach of contract.
Such property belongs to the crown. The present practice in Great Britain is for the crown to pay the finder for the treasure-trove if it is of historic or artistic value.
any court, provide legal advice to clients, and draft important legal documents. Attorneys can be various kind doing various jobs like, 1.) authority in fact, to whom someone's authority is delegated, for some special act to be performed, 2.) Crown ...
CHARTER OF LIBERTIES - Obs. The formal statement by the Crown of the privleges of the nobility.
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Members of the public who decide guilt or innocence in criminal cases at a Crown Court or the cause of death at a Coroner's Court.
They reach a verdict.
There is no jury in civil cases except in defamation cases.
King John had ruled tyrannically and his barons rebelled, committing themselves to war with the crown unless the King agreed to the Charter.
A document in the monarch's name and under the seal of the Crown which commands the person to whom it is addressed to do or refrain from doing some act.
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United Kingdom - The United Kingdom comprises of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland. The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are Crown dependencies with their own legislative systems, and therefore not a part of the UK.
In addition to being divided into a court of common law and a court of equity, at one point the Exchequer also had jurisdiction over all actions, except those involving real property, between two subjects of the Crown.
In law, it constitutes a nuisance, consisting in an inclosure of or encroachment on something that belongs to another party, or to the public. Three sorts of this offence are noted, the first against the crown, ...
Criminal actions (e.g. motoring offences) are usually brought by the state. The principal function of criminal proceedings is to punish the offender. Criminal cases are tried by a magistrates' court or a crown court.
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