Chivalry, Court of

Chivalry, Court of
In English law, the name of a court anciently held as a court of honor merely, before the earl-marshal, and as a criminal court before the lord high constable, jointly with the earl-marshal. But it is also said that this court was held by the constable, and after that office reverted to the crown in the time of Henry VIII, by the earl-marshal. It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or war, as well as pleas of life or member. It also corrected encroachments in matters of coat-armor, precedency, and other distinctions of families. It is now grown entirely out of use (except for one case in 1955, after a lapse of 200 years) on account of the feebleness of its jurisdiction and want of power to enforce its judgments, as it could neither fine nor imprison, not being a court of record

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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