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Queen's Bench Division

British

noun

Also called (when the sovereign is male): King's Bench. (in England when the sovereign is female) one of the divisions of the High Court of Justice

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The appeal is being heard by three of Britain's most senior judges - Master of the Rolls Geoffrey Vos; Victoria Sharp, the president of the Queen's Bench Division; and Justice Eleanor King.

From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2022

The decision by the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice was welcomed by the U.S.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2020

The judge will become the head of the Queen's Bench Division in October.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2013

Sir John Thomas, the president of the Queen's Bench Division, explained that the cases sent out a warning to jurors generally that "immediate custodial sentences are almost inevitable in cases of this kind".

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2013

"Been before old PROSER, Queen's Bench Division, to-day," he proceeds.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 by Various

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