The King's Bench (French: Cour du banc du Roi[n 1]), or, during the reign of a female monarch, the Queen's Bench (Cour du banc de la Reine), refers to several contemporary and historical courts in some Commonwealth jurisdictions.
- Court of King's Bench (England), a historic court of common law in the English legal system until 1875
- Court of King's Bench (Ireland), a historic senior court of common law in Ireland
- King's Bench Division, a division of the High Court of England and Wales that assumed many of the responsibilities of the historic King's Bench in 1875
- Court of King's Bench of Alberta, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Alberta
- Court of King's Bench of Manitoba, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Manitoba
- Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of New Brunswick
- Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
- Court of King's Bench of Quebec, a historical trial court in the British colony of Quebec
- Court of King's Bench of Quebec, the prior name for the present-day Quebec Court of Appeal of pre-Confederation Canada East and modern province of Quebec
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- ↑ For use in Canada, in accordance with the country's policy of official bilingualism.
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