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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

A seat of judgment, or tribunal for the tice; the seat occupied by judges in courts; the as occupying the judgment seat; the ancient the English Court of Common Pleas, or Common vrarrant: a warrant issued by or from a bench rest of a person indicted, or for contempt.