Proper noun
QBD
(Britain) Initialism of Queen's Bench Division.
Allegiance is owed both to the Sovereign as a natural person and to the Sovereign in the political capacity (Re Stepney Election Petition, Isaacson v Durant (1886) 17 QBD 54 (per Lord Coleridge CJ)). Source: Internet
R v Clarence (1888) 22 QBD 23 at 27, CCR Hawkins J. said: In this condition of things the prisoner had sexual intercourse with his wife and in doing so communicated to her his disease and thereby caused her grievous bodily harm. Source: Internet