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

"Are wills made in Ireland registered here, or at Doctor's Commons in London?"

From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

The application failed, however, and the want of a degree was equally fatal to another application to be admitted to practise at Doctor's Commons.

From Samuel Johnson by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

Doctor's Commons, after a month of severe suffering, which she bore with singular fortitude, and the most pious resignation.

From Poems (1828) by Gent, Thomas

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

The High Court of Admiralty, for Prizes, &c. at Doctor's Commons; and in criminal Cases, twice a year, at the Old Bailey.

From A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention by Colquhoun, Patrick