Doctor's Commons

British  

noun

1. informal the London building of the College of Advocates and Doctors of Law between 1572 and 1867, in which the ecclesiastical and Admiralty courts were housed

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Example Sentences

He often sat as a judge in the Court of Delegates, but did not practise much as an advocate in Doctor's Commons.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 by Swift, Jonathan

I proved the one I had recovered at Doctor’s Commons, and touched the whole of her money.”

From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick

And I'm told now the guardian and niece are soon going over to London to deposit all the papers that Simpson brought home and to do 'a turn' at Doctor's Commons.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

There is no will of Ludlow's in Doctor's Commons.

From Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 by Various

As these matters are all locally so well known, I feel that, as with wills at Doctor's Commons, I tread upon no toes in such useful illustrations.

From Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria by Westgarth, William