Word Meanings - KINGSBENCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation.

Durylic
Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.
Commonition
Advice; warning; instruction.
Persona
Same as Person, n., 8.
Consistency
The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
Personator
One who personates.
Courteousness
The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
Queenhood
The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.
Courtly
Relating or belonging to a court.
Thereat
At that place; there.
Creatinin
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine.
Thereunto
Unto that or this; thereto; besides.
Callet
A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.
CHIEFJUSTICE
The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief Justic
Callithump
A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
Dureful
Lasting.
QUEENOLIVE
Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region of Seville, Spain. It is large size and oblong shape with a small but long pit; it is cured when green, keeps well, and has a delicate flavor. Loosely, any olive of similar character.
Chief hare
A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
Chief justice
The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
Formerly
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.

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