Court for Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved in United Kingdom

Definition of Court For Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court For Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved : A court created by the Crown Cases Act 1848 for considering questions of law arising out of the conviction of a person for treason, felony, or misdemeanour and reserved by the trial judge or justices for the consideration of the court. Its jurisdiction was exercised by the judges of the *High Court, at least five of whom had to sit together. The Court was abolished in 1907 and its jurisdiction transferred to the *Court of Criminal Appeal, which had wider powers.