The hand raised towards the heavens, in one of the forms of taking an oath, instead of being laid upon the Gospels. UPPER BENCH. The court of king’s bench , in England, was so called during the interval between 1649 and 1660, the period of the commonwealth , Rolle being then chief justice . See 3 BL Comm. 202. UPSET PRICE 1189 USE
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