King’s Court

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King’s Court is the English term for the medieval royal council and judicial body that advised the monarch and handled important legal and administrative matters.

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King’s Court canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial body
medieval institution
royal council
advised English monarch
alsoKnownAs Curia Regis
Conseil du Roi
surface form: King’s Council
appliedToJurisdiction realm of the English king
basedOn royal prerogative
country Kingdom of England
developedInto Court of Common Pleas
Court of Exchequer
King’s Bench
governedBy king’s will and customary law
hadAuthorityOver local courts in certain matters
royal officials
hadMember clerics
high nobles
king
royal councillors
royal justices
handledMatter disputes involving the Crown
important administrative matters
important legal matters
petitions to the king
historicalRegion medieval England
influenced centralization of royal authority in England
development of English royal justice
legalSystem English common law
locationType peripatetic court
metAt wherever the king was present
operatedInPeriod Middle Ages
partOf English royal household
performedFunction administrative decision‑making
advising on matters of policy
central royal court of justice
hearing important legal cases
issuing royal writs
overseeing royal administration
royal council to the monarch
precededBy Anglo‑Saxon royal court
relatedTo Great Council of England
Parliament of England
usedLanguage Latin
Middle English

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Curia Regis translation King’s Court
Supreme Court of Denmark precededBy King’s Court