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

Justice to be had at Doctor's Commons, when people can get it.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

I must go to Doctor’s Commons and search out the will at once of Colonel Dempster; he intends, as I presume he does by what he said just now, to employ me.

From Valerie by Marryat, Frederick

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

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

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

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