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CURIA REGIS - Obs. The advisors of the King also called 'Plenary Curia,' 'High Curia,' or 'Haute Curia.' An English court, which assumed this name, during the reign of Henry II.
Curia regis. The king's court.
Curtilage. 1. Originally, the land with the castle and out-houses, inclosed often with high walls, where the old barons sometimes held court in the open air. Whence court-yard. 2.
although purely local courts had not been abolished, the supremacy of the central courts that had evolved from the Curia Regis [Lat.,=king's court], namely, the Court of Exchequer, the Court of Common Pleas, and King's Bench, was established.
The royal court, called the curia regis, was not a judicial body in the modern sense. Rather, it was an assembly of English lords and noblemen that resolved matters of special importance to the king.
He had judicial power, and sat as a judge in the Curia Regis. (q. v.) In the absence of the king, he governed the kingdom.
 See also: Justice, Term, Law, Court, Power
  
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