The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household
{i} place where the senate met in ancient Rome; tribal divisions in ancient Rome; medieval judge's council
The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; called also curia Romana
In medieval Europe, a court, or a group of persons who attended a ruler at a given time for social, political, or judicial purposes. The ruler and curia made policy decisions (as on war, treaties, finances, church relations), and under a powerful ruler the curia often became active as a court of law. Indeed, curiae became so loaded down with judicial work that they were gradually forced to delegate it to special groups of judges. In England the Curia Regis (King's Court) began at the time of the Norman Conquest (1066) and lasted to about the end of the 13th century. It was the germ from which the higher courts of law, the Privy Council, and the cabinet were to spring. See also Roman Curia
(Arkeoloji) The Curia Hostilia (Latin, "Hostilian Court") was the favourite meeting place of the Roman Senate in the Forum Romanum at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, near the well of the Comitia
(Kanun) Curia advisari vult is a Latin legal term meaning "the court wishes to be advised". It often appears in case reports, abbreviated as "Cur. adv. vult", or sometimes "c.a.v.", when the bench takes time for deliberation after hearing counsel's submissions
Group of Vatican bureaus that assist the pope in exercising his jurisdiction over the Roman Catholic Church. The work of the Curia is traditionally associated with the College of Cardinals. A cardinal named as secretary of state coordinates the activities of the Curia, and various sacred congregations handle administrative matters for example, the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints is concerned with beatification and canonization and with the preservation of relics. The judicial branch of the Curia consists of three tribunals, of which the highest is the Apostolic Signatura