King's Bench

noun

, British Law.

a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.

King's Bench

A long argument took place, but it terminated in favour of the crown, and Mr. Wilkes was conveyed to the Kings Bench prison.

His death took place some years afterwards in the Kings Bench Prison.

He was conveyed from thence to the Kings Bench Prison, there to remain for life.

Mr. Jones was tried at the Kings Bench and sentenced to three years imprisonment in Newgate.

The receipt was given him by an old doctor who was a prisoner in the Kings Bench.

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