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Court of king's bench

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The name of the supreme court of law in England. Vide King's Bench.



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In fact, the Right Honorable William, Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the most powerful judge in England, urged Steuart to free Somerset or to voluntarily dismiss the case, which would foreclose the court's need to decide an issue that might result in freeing the 14,000 to 15,000 slaves in England.
Treating the Court of King's Bench power to review justice of the peace behavior, he concludes that misbehaving rural justices were rarely constrained when they abused their power.
 
 
 
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