Military
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
was a court not of record, held before the lord high constable and earl mar- K shal of England. It had jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, in deeis of arms and war, armorial bearings, questions of precedence, etc., and as acourt of honor. It has long been disused.
3 Bl. Comm. 103; 3 Steph. Comm. 335, note 2.