pleas of the crown
1
a
English & Scots law : the pleas or actions of which the crown formerly claimed exclusive jurisdiction as affecting the king's peace
b
Scots law : the judicial proceedings involving murder, rape, robbery, and willful fire-raising
2
English law : all criminal actions or proceedings
Word History
Etymology
translation of Medieval Latin placita coronae
- overstand
- overstanding
- overstands
- overstate
- overstated
- overstatement
- overstatements
- overstates
- overstating
- overstay
- overstay one's welcome
- overstayed
- overstayers
- overstaying
- overstays
- oversteepen
- oversteer
- oversteered
- oversteering
- oversteers
- overstep
- overstep the bounds
- overstep the bounds/limits
- overstep the limits
- overstep the line