Curia Regis

[ kyoor-ee-uh ree-jis ]

noun

, (often lowercase)

1. a small, permanent council, composed chiefly of officials in the household of a Norman king, that served in an advisory and administrative capacity.
2. great council ( def 1 ).

Curia Regis

/ ˈriːdʒɪs /

noun

1. (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government

Word History and Origins

Origin of Curia Regis¹

< Medieval Latin: literally, (the) king's curia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Curia Regis¹

Latin, literally: council of the king

Example Sentences

Meaning in general the “king’s court,” it is difficult to define the curia regis with precision, but it is important and interesting because it is the germ from which the higher courts of law, the privy council and the cabinet, have sprung.

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In his work Tractatus de legibus Angliae, Ranulf de Glanvill treats of the procedure of the curia regis as a court of law.

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The court of chancery is also an offshoot of the curia regis.

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About the time of Edward I. the executive and advising duties of the curia regis were discharged by the king’s secret council, the later privy council, which is thus connected with the curia regis, and from the privy council has sprung the cabinet.

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The high court is not a curia regis, but a curia baronum, in which the theory of judicium parium is fully realized.

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