Court of Queen's Bench

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The Court of Queen's Bench was a senior common law court in England and Wales that handled major civil and criminal cases before being merged into the High Court of Justice in the late 19th century.

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Label Occurrences
Court of Queen's Bench canonical 8
Court of Queen’s Bench 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf common law court ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Court of King’s Bench ⓘ
King’s Bench ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom royal prerogative ⓘ
country England and Wales ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedBy Judicature Acts ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 ⓘ
dissolvedIn late 19th century ⓘ
distinctFrom Court of Chancery ⓘ
Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Court of Exchequer ⓘ
followedBy King’s Bench Division of the High Court ⓘ
function heard actions involving the Crown ⓘ
heard major civil cases ⓘ
heard serious criminal cases ⓘ
issued prerogative writs ⓘ
supervised inferior courts ⓘ
handled actions on the case ⓘ
criminal indictments ⓘ
pleas of the Crown ⓘ
trespass actions ⓘ
hasJudge puisne judge ⓘ
headedBy Lord Chief Justice ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century England ⓘ
early modern England ⓘ
medieval England ⓘ
issued writ of certiorari ⓘ
writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
writ of mandamus ⓘ
writ of prohibition ⓘ
legalArea common law ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster Hall ⓘ
mergedInto High Court of Justice ⓘ
Queen’s Bench Division ⓘ
namedAfter English monarch ⓘ
originatesFrom King’s Council ⓘ
linked to: Conseil du Roi
partOf English legal system ⓘ
courts of common law at Westminster ⓘ
replacedBy High Court of Justice ⓘ
supervised justices of the peace ⓘ
local courts ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Judicature Acts → replaced → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
King’s Bench → alsoKnownAs → Court of Queen’s Bench ⓘ
linked to: Court of Queen's Bench
Ruskin v. Whistler libel case → court → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Tichborne trial → court → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Queen's Bench Prison → namedAfter → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Queen's Bench Prison → locatedInJurisdiction → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 → abolished → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 → relatedTo → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature → replaced → Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ