star chamber造句
(1) Three centuries later, the Star Chamber allowed noblemen to launch civil actions for libel, to provide them with an alternative to duelling(3).
(2) Its extraordinary jurisdiction in civil matters was compared with the extraordinary jurisdiction of the now defunct Star Chamber in criminal matters.
(3) In the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries this jurisdiction was abandoned by the Chancellor and passed to the Court of Star Chamber.
(4) But in 1579 Price was suspended from his office by Star Chamber for forgery.
(5) The origins of the right go back to objections against the inquisitorial proceedings of medieval ecclesiastical tribunals as well as the British Courts of Star Chamber.
(6) Chief among the censors during a 250-year period was the Court of the Star Chamber that met behind closed doors to decide the fate of printers accused of violating edicts of the time.