Court of King’s Bench

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common law court royal court superior court of record

The Court of King’s Bench was a senior common law court in England that handled major criminal and civil cases and exercised supervisory authority over other courts and colonial charters.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Court of King's Bench	2
Court of King’s Bench at Westminster	1
Court of Queen's Bench	1
King's Bench	1
Queen’s Bench Division	1
Westminster courts	1
royal provincial court	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	common law court ⓘ royal court ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ
abolishedBy	Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875
alsoKnownAs	Court of King’s Bench ⓘ surface form: Court of King’s Bench at Westminster King’s Bench ⓘ
appliedDoctrine	stare decisis ⓘ
appliedLaw	common law of England ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedIn	19th century ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	13th century ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver	colonial charters ⓘ local jurisdictions ⓘ other English courts ⓘ
hadSeat	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
hadSupervisoryJurisdiction	Court of Common Pleas ⓘ Court of Exchequer ⓘ inferior courts ⓘ
handled	major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ
headedBy	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench
heard	civil actions in contract ⓘ civil actions in tort ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
influenced	development of English constitutional principles ⓘ development of English criminal law ⓘ legal systems of British colonies ⓘ
issued	writ of certiorari ⓘ writ of habeas corpus ⓘ writ of mandamus ⓘ writ of prohibition ⓘ writ of quo warranto ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ Law French ⓘ
location	Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Hall
mergedInto	High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justice
originatedFrom	Curia Regis ⓘ King in Council ⓘ surface form: King’s Council
partOf	Court of King’s Bench self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Westminster courts superior courts of common law at Westminster ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: Lord Chief Justice of England
primaryFunction	to hear pleas involving the Crown ⓘ to supervise inferior courts ⓘ
successor	King’s Bench ⓘ surface form: King’s Bench Division Court of King’s Bench self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Queen’s Bench Division

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

royal charter of Massachusetts Bay → abolishedBy → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

Court of King’s Bench → alsoKnownAs → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of King’s Bench at Westminster

Virginia Company of London → dissolvedBy → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of King's Bench

Court of Chivalry → distinctFrom → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

English law → hasHistoricalOrigin → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

this entity surface form: King's Bench

Superior Court of Judicature → legalStatus → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

this entity surface form: royal provincial court

trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → location → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

Seven Bishops → locationOfTrial → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of King's Bench

Court of King’s Bench → partOf → Court of King’s Bench self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westminster courts

Court of Exchequer → relatedTo → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

High Court of Justice of England and Wales → replaced → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Queen's Bench

Court of King’s Bench → successor → Court of King’s Bench self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen’s Bench Division

John Bellingham → trialHeldAt → Court of King’s Bench ⓘ