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Definition of Clerk Of The House Of Commons is appointed by the Crown as underclerk of the Parliaments to attend upon the Commons. He signs all orders of the House, indorses the bills sent or returned to the Lords, and reads whatever is required to be read in the House. He has the custody of…

Definition of Clerk Of The Parliaments One of the chief officers of the House of Lords. He is appointed by the Crown, by letters patent. On entering office he makes a declaration to make true entries and records of the things done and passed in the Parliaments, and to keep secret all such […]

Definition of Clerk Of The Peace Anciently, an officer appointed by the Gustos Rotxilorum (q.v.), to keep the county records and to assist the justices of the peace in quarter sessions not only in drawing indictments entering judgments, issuing process, etc., but also in administrative […]

Definition of Clerk Of The Petty Bag An officer of the Court of Chancery whose duty it used to be to record the return of all inquisitions out of every shire ; to make out patents, summonses to Parliament, etc Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Clerk […]

Definition of Clerks Of Records And Writs Officers formerly attached to the Court of Chancery, whose duties consisted principally in sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution, filing affidavits, keeping a record of suits, and certifying office copies of pleadings and affidavits. By the […]

Definition of Clog On Equity Of Redemption The doctrine of equity that no mortgage deed may contain any stipulation or provision fettering or imped-‘ ing the mortgagor’s right to redeem, e.g., which unduly delays the time for redemption, or which is unfair or unconscionable or which is […]

Definition of Close A piece of land. A trespass on a man’s land was formerly described as a breach of his close, or trespass quare, clausum fregit Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Close in the Dictionaries, Close in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

Definition of Clayton’s Case ((1816), 1 Mer. 572). In regard to a banking account, the suras first paid in are assumed to be exhausted by the sums first paid outClayton had a banking account with a partnership firm and had a balance at the death of a partner. Later the firm failed. Clayton […]

Definition of Close Rolls And Close Writs Certain letters of the King sealed with his Great Seal and directed to particular persons, and not being proper for public inspection, are closed up and sealed on the outside. They are thence called writs close, and are recorded in the close rolls. […]

Definition of Clear Days Complete days ; exclusive of named first or last days Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Clear Days in the Dictionaries, Clear Days in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of […]