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KING
The sovereign, ruler, or chief executive magistrate of a state or nation whose constitution is of the kind called "monarchical" is thus named if a man; if it be a woman, she is called "queen." The word expresses the idea of one who rules singly over a whole people or More...

The sovereign, ruler, or chief executive magistrate of a state or nation whose constitution is of the kind called "monarchical" is thus named if a man; if it be a woman, she is called "queen." The word expresses the idea of one who rules singly over a whole people or has the highest executive power; but the office may be either hereditary or elective, and the sovereignty of the king may or may not be absolute, according to the constitution of the country. -Kin&t-eraft. The art of goveming.-r-King-geld. A royal aid; an escuage, (q. tuning's silver. In old English practice. A fine due the king pro licentia concordandi, (for leave to agree,) in the process of levying a fine. 5 Coke, 39, 43; 2 Inst. 511; 2 Bl. Comm. 350. -King's widow. In feudal law. A widow of the king's tenant in chief, who was obliged to take oath in chancery that she would not marry without the king's leave. Less...
KING'S ADVOCATE
An English advocate who holds, In the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar position to that which the attorney general holds in the ordinary courts, i. e, he acts as counsel for the crown In ecclesiastical, admiralty, and probate cases, and advises More...

An English advocate who holds, In the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar position to that which the attorney general holds in the ordinary courts, i. e, he acts as counsel for the crown In ecclesiastical, admiralty, and probate cases, and advises the crown on questions of international law. In order of precedence it seems that he ranks after the attorney general. 8 Steph. Comm. 275n. Less...
KING'S BENCH
The supreme court of common law In England, being so called because the king used formerly to sit there In person, the style of the court being "coram ipso rege" It was called the "queen's bench" in the reign of a queen, and during the protectorate of Cromwell it was More...

The supreme court of common law In England, being so called because the king used formerly to sit there In person, the style of the court being "coram ipso rege" It was called the "queen's bench" in the reign of a queen, and during the protectorate of Cromwell it was styled the "upper bench." It consisted of a chief justice and three, puisne justices, who were by their office the sovereign conservators of the peace and supreme coroners of the land. It was a remnant of the aula regis, and was not originally fixed to any certain place, but might follow the king's person, though for some centuries past it usually sat at Westminster. It had a very extended jurisdiction -both in criminal and civil causes; the former in what was called the "crown side" or "crown office,"' the latter in the "plea side," of the court. Its civil jurisdiction was gradually enlarged until it embraced all species of personal actions. Since the judicature acts, this court constitutes the "king's bench division" of the "high court of justice." See 3 Bl. Comm. 41-43. Less...
KING'S CHAMBERS
Those portions of the seas, adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain, which are inclosed within headlands so as to be cut off from the open sea by imaginary straight lines drawn from one promontory to another.

Those portions of the seas, adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain, which are inclosed within headlands so as to be cut off from the open sea by imaginary straight lines drawn from one promontory to another. Less...
KING'S CORONER AND ATTORNEY
An officer of the court of king's bench, usually called "the master of the crown office," whose duty it is to file informuilous at the suit of a private subject by direction of the court. 4 Bl. Comm. 308, 309 ; 4 Steph. Comm. 374, 378.

An officer of the court of king's bench, usually called "the master of the crown office," whose duty it is to file informuilous at the suit of a private subject by direction of the court. 4 Bl. Comm. 308, 309 ; 4 Steph. Comm. 374, 378. Less...
KING'S COUNSEL
Barristers or Serjeants who have been called within the bar and selected to be the king's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocati fisat or advocates of the revenue, among the Romans. They must not be employed against the crown without special leave, which is, however, always granted, More...

Barristers or Serjeants who have been called within the bar and selected to be the king's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocati fisat or advocates of the revenue, among the Romans. They must not be employed against the crown without special leave, which is, however, always granted, at a cost of about nine pounds. 3 Bl. Comm. 27. Less...
KING'S EVIDENCE
When several persons are charged with a crime, and one of them gives evidence against his accomplices, on the promise of being granted a pardon, he is said to be admitted king's or (in America) state's evidence. 4 Steph. Comm. 395; Sweet.

When several persons are charged with a crime, and one of them gives evidence against his accomplices, on the promise of being granted a pardon, he is said to be admitted king's or (in America) state's evidence. 4 Steph. Comm. 395; Sweet. Less...
KING'S PROCTOR
A proctor or solicitor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. In petitions for dissolution of marriage, or for declarations of nullity of marriage, the king's proctor may, under the direction of the attorney general, and by leave of the court, intervene in More...

A proctor or solicitor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. In petitions for dissolution of marriage, or for declarations of nullity of marriage, the king's proctor may, under the direction of the attorney general, and by leave of the court, intervene in the suit for the purpose of proving collusion between -the parties. Mozley & Whitley. Less...
KING'S REMEMBRANCER
An officer of the central office of the English supreme court. Formerly he was an officer of the exchequer, and had important duties to perform in protecting the rights of the crown; e. g. by instituting proceedings for the recovery of land by writs of intrusion, (q. v.,) and for More...

An officer of the central office of the English supreme court. Formerly he was an officer of the exchequer, and had important duties to perform in protecting the rights of the crown; e. g. by instituting proceedings for the recovery of land by writs of intrusion, (q. v.,) and for the recovery of legacy and succession duties; but of late years administrative changes have lessened the duties of the office. Sweet. Less...
KINGDOM
A country where an officer called a "king" exercises the powers of government, whether the same be absolute or limited. Wolff, lust Nat I 994.' In some kingdoms, the executive officer may be a woman, who is called a "queen."

A country where an officer called a "king" exercises the powers of government, whether the same be absolute or limited. Wolff, lust Nat I 994.' In some kingdoms, the executive officer may be a woman, who is called a "queen." Less...

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