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Privy council

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

Black's Law Dictionary

In English law

The principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers, and other persons chosen by the king or queen as privy councillors.

2 Steph. Comm. 479, 480.

The judicial committee of the privy council acts as a court of ultimate appeal in various cases.