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Marshalsea

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In English law. A prison belonging to the king's bench. It has now been consolidated with others, under the name of the "King's Prison."

Marshalsea, conrt of. The court of the Marshalsea bad jurisdiction in actions of debt or torts, the cause of which arose within the verge of the royal court. It was abolished by St. 12 & 13 Viet. c. 10L 4 Steph. Comm. 317, note d.