Aukward

See AWKWARD. Aula Regia, or AULA REGIS. [The king's court.] ( Hist .) A court established in England by William the Conqueror in his own hall. It was the great universal court, from the dismemberment of which are derived the present four superior courts , in England, viz.: the "High Court of Chancery," and the three superior courts of common law , to wit, the "Queen's Bench," "Common Pleas," and "Exchequer." It was composed of the king's great officers of state resident in his palace and usually attendant on his person. These high officers were a isted by certain persons learned in the laws, who were called the king's justiciars, and by the greater barons of parliament, all of whom had a seat in the Aula Regia , and formed a kind of court of appeal, or rather of advice, on matters of great moment and difficulty. Au'laf, the name of several Danish princes. See OLAF. Aula'rian, n. [Lat., aula , hall.] The title given to a student of a hall in the university of Oxford, in England, in contradistinction to a collegian , or member of a college. -a. Relating or belonging to a hall.