Curia Regis
Americannoun
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a small, permanent council, composed chiefly of officials in the household of a Norman king, that served in an advisory and administrative capacity.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Curia Regis
< Medieval Latin: literally, (the) king's curia
Example Sentences
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In a Curia Regis, held at Lismore, he imagined he had arranged temporal affairs.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
In his Curia Regis, at Lismore, he modelled Irish administration on Norman precedents, apparently forgetting that a kingdom and a province should be differently governed.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
It was for the Curia Regis to determine what matters were properly to be decided by the ecclesiastical courts; and no appeal to Rome was to be allowed without its permission.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Under the superintendence of the Curia Regis and the exchequer, the sheriff still remained the king’s factotum in local affairs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
The court of common pleas was an offshoot of the Curia Regis or king’s council.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
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