Commissioners of oyer and terminer have no power to exclude upon the statute of forcible entry : for the statute of 8 H 6, cap. 3, which provides an enquiry and restitutiori in this case, appropriates it to the justices of peace : but the judges of the King’s Bench are wittin the statute ; for the King sits there, and where the King sits est plenitudo potestatis. Proprietates verborum tuendae sunt.
Citations:
[1220] EngR 269, (1220-1623) Jenk 197, (1220) 145 ER 132 (B)
Links:
Land, Constitutional
Updated: 18 May 2022; Ref: scu.461181