Curia

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In old English law

The court held in the king's palace; the court of a feudal lord; the court of a manor; any court of justice of either general or special jurisdiction; the king's palace or household; the residence of a noble; a manor or manor hall; a chief manse; a parsonage house or manse; an area attached to a house, or within which a house is built; a court yard or close; the civil or secular power; the persons who did service at the lord's house; the lord's coui t; the governing body of a municipality. Curia admiralitatis: the court of admiralty. Curia advisarl vult: the court will be advised, i. e. take time to deliberate; a phrase used in the reports and commonly abbreviated to cur. adv. vult, to denote the suspension of judgment by the court, after hearing argument, for the purpose of further deliberation. Curiabaronis, or baronum: a court baron, v. Court, baron. Curia cancellarise est ol Hcina justitiae: the court of chancery is the workshop of justice. Curia Christianitatis: a court Christian; an ecclesiastical court Curia comitatus: the court of the county; the county court, or court of the shire, in the.Saxpn times. V. County court; Comitatus. Curia domini: the lord's court, house or hall, where all the tenants met at the time of keeping court Curia magna: the great court; one of the ancient names of parliament; the king's court or aula regis. Curia majoris: the mayor's court Curia militum: a court so called, ansheriff of Chester, in a place there commonly called the Pendice. Curia personee: a parsonage house, or manse. Curia pedis pnl- Terizati: the court of piedpoudre or piepouders. Curia regris: the king's court; the supreme court of the kingdom, established by the Norman princes; otherwise called curia magna, and aula regis; an ancient name of parliament v. De curia, etc. In old Scots laiv. Curia Christianitatis: a court Christian; an ecx Aesiastioal court Curia legitime ailirmata: court lawfully opened, or opened in due form. — a formal phrase used in the captions of records, v. Affirmare. In the Roman law. A division of the Roman people into three tribes, and of each tribe into ten curice, making thirty curice in all; the place or building in which each curia assembled to offer sacred rites; the place of meeting of the Roman senate; the senate house; the senate house of a province; the place where the decuriones assembled.