Queen's Bench
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The English court of king's bench is so called during the reign of a queen.
3 Steph. Comm. 403.
QUEEN'S (or KING'S) COUNSEL.
In English law
Barristers called within the bar, and selected to be the queen's (or king's) counsel, learned in the law; answering in some measure to the ' advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They cannot be employed in any cause against the crown, without special license.
3 Bl. Comm. 27; 3 Steph. Comm. 386.
QUEEN'S (or KING'S) EVIDENCE. Testimony of an accomplice in a felony, admitted as evidence for the crown against his accomplices.
4 Steph. Comm. 398.
See "State's Evidence."
See State's Evidence.