Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Curia regis

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The king,s court.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The king's court. A term applied to the aula repis, the bancus, or communis bancus, and the iter or eyre, as being courts of the king, but especially to the aula regis, (which title see.)

Defined under Curia in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The King’s court. A term applied to the auia regis, the bancus, or communis bancus, and the tter or eyre, as being courts of the king, but especially te the aula regis, (which title see.)

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In old English law. The king's court; the supreme court of the kingdom, established by the Norman princes. Crah Vs Hist. Eng. Law, 51. Otherwise called curia m>agna, and aula regis. Id, 144. The aula regis, the bancus, (afterwards the common bench,) and the iter or eyre, are all called by Bracton curicB regi Sf the king's courts; though the first of these was so in a peculiar sense, being held before the sovereign in person, {coram ipso rege.) Bract, fol. 105 b, 361 b, 362. An ancient name of parliament. Stai, Mert. pr. Bract, fol. 227 b.