Crown Office
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The criminal side ol the court of king's bench. The king's attorney in this court is called "master of the crown office." 4 Bl. Comm. 308.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The criminal side of the court of king's bench. The king's attorney in this court is called master of the crown office. 4 Bla. Com. 308.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The criminni side of the court of king's bench. The king's attorney in this court is called "master of the crown office." 4 Bl. Comm. 308.
Defined under Crown in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The criminal side of the court of king’s bench. The king’s attorney in this court is called “master of the crown office.” 4 1. Comm. 308.. CROWN OFFICE IN CHANCERY. One of the offices of the English high court of chancery, now transferred to the high court of justice. Ths principal official, the clerk of the crown, is an ollicer of parliament, and of the lord chancellor, in his nonjudicial capacity, rather than an officer of the courts of law.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A department belonging to the court of Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, in which it takes cognizance of aU criminal causes, from high treason down to the most trivial misdemeanour or breach of the peace. 4 BL Com. 266. 4 Steph. Com. 326. In this office informations are filed by the attorney general, and master of the crown office. Id, 379. 4 BL Com, 308. Cole on Crim. Inform, ch. i. ii, and Addenda,