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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Under Henry I. two courts, the Exchequer and the Curia Regis, had control of all the financial and judicial business of the kingdom.
From Henry the Second by Mrs. J. R. Green
This was a legal triumph for the bishop, but surely it was a moral triumph for the Curia Regis to do ample justice to a strong opponent of the Crown?
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
The constable’s subordinates were the marshal and a clerk, who, besides the duty of paying outdoor servants of the crown, had the special task of producing duplicates of all writs issued by the Curia Regis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
The members of this Curia Regis met also in the Exchequer, so called from the chequered cloth which covered the table at which they sat.
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
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
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