King's Bench (?). (Law) Formerly, the highest
court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to
sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne,
or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the
Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the
judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created
by that legislation.