High Court of Justice (1649)
English court that convicted King Charles I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The High Court of Justice was the court established by the Rump Parliament to try Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Even though this was an ad hoc tribunal that was specifically created for the purpose of trying the king, its name was eventually used by the government as a designation for subsequent courts.