Search results for: “Constitutional courts”
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University Courts
Definition of University Courts Courts held by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge pursuant to Royal Charters confirmed by 13 Eliz. c. 29 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription University Courts in the Dictionaries, University Courts in our legal […]
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Prize Courts
Definition of Prize Courts Courts specially constituted for the purpose of deciding questions of maritime capture in time of war according to international law. The procedure of the British Prize Court is regulated by the Naval Prize Act, 1864, the Prize Courts Act, 1894, and the Prize Court […]
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Prize Courts
Definition of Prize Courts Courts specially constituted for the purpose of deciding questions of maritime capture in time of war according to international law. The procedure of the British Prize Court is regulated by the Naval Prize Act, 1864, the Prize Courts Act, 1894, and the Prize Court […]
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Ecclesiastical Courts
Definition of Ecclesiastical Courts The chief are the two Provincial Courts of Canterbury and York, and the Diocesan Courts of each diocese Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Ecclesiastical Courts in the Dictionaries, Ecclesiastical Courts in our […]
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Divisional Courts
Definition of Divisional Courts Two or more Judges of the High Court sitting together to hear appeals from inferior courts; e.g., County Courts, Quarter and Petty Sessions. See Order LIX Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Divisional Courts in the […]
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Courts Of Conscience
Definition of Courts Of Conscience Courts for the recovery of small debts held by members of various corporations who, without the intervention of professional advocates, decided such cases as came before them Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]
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Courts Of Request
Definition of Courts Of Request Inferior Courts having local jurisdiction in claims for small debts, established in various parts of the kingdom by special Acts of Parliament. Abolished 1846 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Courts Of Request in the […]
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Courts, Superior
Definition of Courts, Superior Courts which are not subject to the control of any other Court, except by way of appeal Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Courts, Superior in the Dictionaries, Courts, Superior in our legal dictionaries, Related […]
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Courts, Inferior
Definition of Courts, Inferior Courts which are subject to the control of the High Court, e.g., County Courts and local Courts. When an inferior Court refuses to exercise its jurisdiction, it may be compelled to do so by mandamus, and if it exceeds its jurisdiction it may be restrained by […]
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County Courts
Definition of County Courts Statutory local and inferior Courts of record for the trial of claims to debt or damages not exceeding 100, and to claims in equity, where the subject-matter does not exceed 500. Actions are generally to be tried without a jury, except in claims in respect of libel, […]