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Coram Rege

 
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[Latin, In the presence of the king himself.]

After the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, court was held before the king himself— coram rege—whenever matters affecting the royal interest were in issue. When the king began to appoint a tribunal to hear cases for him, it was called the Curia Regis, or the King's Court. From the Curia Regis developed the royal common-law courts.

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