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  • Recorder

    Definition of Recorder A barrister, of five years standing at the least, appointed by the Crown under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, to act as a justice of the peace and sole Judge in a borough Court of quarter sessions.The Recorder of the City of London is a commissioner of the Central […]

  • Partition

    Definition of Partition The division of land owned by persons jointly among the owners in several ty. Partition was either voluntary by deed or compulsory by order of the Court. Until the Partition Act, 1868, the Court had no power to order a sale and division of the proceeds instead of a […]

  • Usher

    Definition of Usher An official appointed to keep silence and order in a Court. See Black Hod Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Usher in the Dictionaries, Usher in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia […]

  • Summons

    Definition of Summons A document issued from the office of a Court of justice, calling upon the person to whom it is directed to attend before a Judge or officer of the Court. In the High Court of Justice a summons is a mode of making an application to a Judge or master in chambers…

  • Supreme Court Of Judicature

    Definition of Supreme Court Of Judicature The Court formed by the Judicature Act, 1873 (as modified by later Acts). It consists of two permanent divisions, viz., a Court of original jurisdiction, called the High Court of Justice, and a Court of appellate jurisdiction, called the Court of […]

  • Seaman v. Netherclift

    Definition of Seaman v. Netherclift ((1876), 2 C. P. D. 53). Statements made by a witness while giving evidence are absolutely privileged if they have reference to the litigation. The defendant, while giving evidence in a dispute as to the genuineness of a signature to a will witnessed by […]

  • Procedure

    Definition of Procedure The formal steps to be taken m an action or other judicial proceeding, civil or criminal. The code of civil procedure is contained in the Rules and Orders of the Supreme Court. (See the Annual Practice.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Peerage

    Definition of Peerage The peerage consists, in order of precedence, of dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons.Peine forte et dureThe torture inflicted upon a prisoner indicted for felony who refused to plead and submit to the jurisdiction of the Court. Heavy weights were applied to his […]

  • Peerage

    Definition of Peerage The peerage consists, in order of precedence, of dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons.Peine forte et dureThe torture inflicted upon a prisoner indicted for felony who refused to plead and submit to the jurisdiction of the Court. Heavy weights were applied to his […]

  • Examiner

    Definition of Examiner A person appointed by a Court to take the examination of witnesses in an action, that is, to take down the result of their interrogation by the parties or their counsel. An examiner is generally appointed where a witness is in a foreign country, or is too ill or infirm […]