Palatine Courts
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Formerly the court of common pleas at Lancaster, the chancery court of Lancaster, and the court of pleas at Durham, the second of which alone now exists. PALATIUM (Lat.) A palace. The emperor's house in Rome was so called from the Mons Palatinus on which it was built. Adams, Rom. Ant. 613. In Old English Law. A paling; a fence. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 18, § 1. PALEFRETUM (Law Lat.)
In old English law. A palfrey. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 73, § 19.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Formerly were the court of common pleas at Lancaster, the chancery court of Lancaster, and the court of pleas at Durham, the second of which alone now exists. (See the respective titles.) Sweet.