the highest court that can be approached and whose decision is final and no appeal can be taken against.

In a wide sense, any duly constituted tribunal administering the laws of the state or nation; in a narrower sense, a court proceeding according to the course of the common […]

An ancient court of the Cinque Ports , having jurisdiction in maritime matters, and particularly over pilots (lodemen.)

In American law . The name of a court formerly established in South Carolina for the trial of slaves and free persons of color for criminal offenses.

A court which has jurisdiction of all trespasses com mitted within the verge of the king’s court, where one of the parties was of the royal household; and of all […]

In American law . Though this term is frequently used as a general designation of any court exercising general, original jurisdiction in civil cases, (being used interchangeably with “trial-court,”) it […]

In some of the United States (c. g., Georgia) this name is given to the probate or surrogate’s court, or the court having the usual jurisdiction In respect to the […]

In English law . The court of the lord mayor and aldermen of London, which has the care of those orphans whose parent died in London and was free of […]

In English law . A court for the trial of cases of treason and felony. The commissioners of assise and nisi prius are judges selected by the king and appointed […]

In American law . A court of criminal jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania. It is held at the same time with the court of quarter sessions , as a […]

This court had jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. Abolished by 12 & 13 Vict. c. 101, 3 Steph. Comm. 317, note.

An Inferior court , possessing a very ancient jurisdiction over causes of action arising within the borough of Liverpool. It appears to have been also called the “Borough Court of […]

A spiritual court in England, being a branch of, and annexed to, the Court of Arches. It has a jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury, […]

The lowest (and most expeditious) of the courts of justice known to the older law of England. It is supposed to have been so called from the dusty feet of […]

A court of the county palatine of Durham, having a local common-law jurisdiction . It was abolished by the judicature act, which transferred its jurisdiction to the high court. Jud. […]

A court established by statute 43 Eliz. c. 12, to determine in a summary way all causes between merchants, concerning policies of insurance. Crabb, Eng. Law, 503.

A federal court created by act of Congress in 1891 (26 Stat. 854 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 705]), to hear and determine claims by private parties to lands […]

In English law . The name of a court established in 1857, under the probate act of that year, (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77,) to be held in London, […]

In American law . A court of criminal jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania. having power to try misdemeanors, and exercising certain functions of an administrative nature. There is one […]

See KING’S BENCH .

See COUBT, su~ vra.

In English law . One of the forest courts, in England, held every third year, for the lawing or expedita- tion of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer. […]

The name of the highest court of civil jurisdiction in Scotland. It was composed of fifteen judges, now of thirteen. It sits in two divisions. The lord president and three […]

Courts of criminal jurisdiction existing In California, New York, and one or two other of the United States .

the name given to a court that is conducted outside normal sessions but is used from time to time to hear certain cases.