COURT OF CHIVALRY, or COURT
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
MILITARY, was a court not of record, held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England. It had jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, in deeds of arms and war, armorial bearings,: questions of precedence, ete., and as a court of honor. It has long been disused. 3 Bl. Comm. 108;. 3 Steph.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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