Verge

"At common law, the coroner of the county had no jurisdiction within the compass of the king's court, which bounds the jurisdiction of the lord high steward of the household, and comprehends a circuit of twelve miles round the residence of the court (wherever held). This jurisdiction is usually called the 'verge,' within which the coroner of the king's household, or, as commonly called, the 'coroner of the verge,' had jurisdiction over all matters within the duty of a coroner, exclusive of the coroner of the county. A jurisdiction so exclusive, particularly as the king's court was movable, was found to be attended with many inconveniences, * * * and therefore it was found expedient to impart, in some cases, to the coroner of the county, a jurisdiction concurrent with that of the coroner of the verge."

Jervis, Cor. 5, 59; Sts. 28 Edw. I. c. 3, and 33 Hen. VIII. c. 12, § 3.