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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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Law in which cases

The King's Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, England, from medieval times until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases ofdefamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard; as such, the prison was often used as adebtor's prison until the practice was abolished in the 1860s. In 1842, it was renamed the Queen's Prison, and later became the Southwark Convict Prison.
[The fist parahraph of "King's Bench Prison" in WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Bench_Prison]
I can't figure out what "in which cases" means.
So I'd like to know if commas are omitted form the front and the back of "in which," and if "which" is a non-restrictive relative pronoun.
And I'd like to know if "cases" is in apposition to "ofdefamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon So I'd like to know if commas are omitted form the front and the back of "in which," A comma could be inserted before, but not after. park sang joon "which" is a non-restrictive relative pronoun. Yes.

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  • park sang joon So I'd like to know if commas are omitted form the front and the back of "in which," A comma could be inserted before, but not after.
  • park sang joon "which" is a non-restrictive relative pronoun.
  • Yes.
  • Cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard in this court of law.
  • "cases" means legal actions.
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park sang joonSo I'd like to know if commas are omitted form the front and the back of "in which,"
A comma could be inserted before, but not after.
park sang joon"which" is a non-restrictive relative pronoun.
Yes.

Cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard in this court of law.

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