Legal Definition and Related Resources of Central criminal court
Meaning of Central criminal court
In English law. A court which has jurisdiction of all cases of treason, murder, felony, or misdemeanor committed within the city of London and county of Middlesex, and certain parts of the counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, and also of all serious offenses within the former jurisdiction of the admiralty court. The court consists of the lord mayor, the lord chancellor, the judges of the three superior courts at Westminster, the judges in bankruptcy, the judges of the admiralty, the dean of the arches, the aldermen, recorder, and common Serjeant of London, and the judges of the sheriff’s court.
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English Legal System: Central Criminal Court
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Central Criminal Court : The principal *Crown Court for Central London, usually known from its address as the Old Bailey. The Lord Mayor of London and any City aldermen may sit as judges with High Court or circuit judges or recorders.
See also common serjeant.
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