palace-court

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PAL'ACE-COURT, noun The domestic court of the kings of Great Britain, which administers justice between the king's domestic servants. It is held once a week before the steward of the household and knight marshal; its jurisdiction extending twelve miles in circuit from his majesty's palace.
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