A high court, formerly held in England by the steward and marshal of the king’s household, haviug jurisdiction of all actions against the king’s peace within the bounds of tlie household for twelve miles, which circuit was called the “verge.” Crabb, Eng. Law, 185. It had also jurisdiction of actions of debt and covenant, where both the parties were of the household. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 235. 247
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
