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Queen's Bench

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

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

In English law

The court of King's Bench,— so called during the reign of a queen. Queen's counsel: barristers called within the bar, and selected to be the queen's counsel, learned in the law. Queen's evidence: an accomplice in a felony, who is admitted as evidence for the crown against his accomplices.