King’s Court

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King’s Court is the English term for the medieval royal council and judicial body that advised the monarch and handled important legal and administrative matters.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
King’s Court canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial body ⓘ
medieval institution ⓘ
royal council ⓘ
advised English monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Curia Regis ⓘ
King’s Council ⓘ
linked to: Conseil du Roi
appliedToJurisdiction realm of the English king ⓘ
basedOn royal prerogative ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
developedInto Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Court of Exchequer ⓘ
King’s Bench ⓘ
governedBy king’s will and customary law ⓘ
hadAuthorityOver local courts in certain matters ⓘ
royal officials ⓘ
hadMember clerics ⓘ
high nobles ⓘ
king ⓘ
royal councillors ⓘ
royal justices ⓘ
handledMatter disputes involving the Crown ⓘ
important administrative matters ⓘ
important legal matters ⓘ
petitions to the king ⓘ
historicalRegion medieval England ⓘ
influenced centralization of royal authority in England ⓘ
development of English royal justice ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locationType peripatetic court ⓘ
metAt wherever the king was present ⓘ
operatedInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
partOf English royal household ⓘ
performedFunction administrative decision‑making ⓘ
advising on matters of policy ⓘ
central royal court of justice ⓘ
hearing important legal cases ⓘ
issuing royal writs ⓘ
overseeing royal administration ⓘ
royal council to the monarch ⓘ
precededBy Anglo‑Saxon royal court ⓘ
relatedTo Great Council of England ⓘ
Parliament of England ⓘ
usedLanguage Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Curia Regis → translation → King’s Court ⓘ
Supreme Court of Denmark → precededBy → King’s Court ⓘ