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Queen's Prison

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

In English law. A prison appropriated to the debtors and criminals confined under process, or by authority of the superior courts at Westminster, the Marshalsea court and Palace court, and the high court of admiralty, and also to persons imprisoned under the bankrupt law. It was established by St. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 22, consolidating into one the queen's bench, the Fleet, and the Marshalsea prisons. 3 Steph. Comm. 254.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A prison formed of a union of the queen’s bench prison, the Fleet and the Marshal-sea.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A jail which used to be appropriated to the debtors and criminals confined under process or by authority of the superior courts at Westminster, the high court of admiralty, and uiso to persons imprisoned under the bankrupt law.