Search results for: “Central “
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Peace
Definition of Peace In early times criminal matters and offences against public order were within the jurisdiction of local lords and local Courts, and the King’s Court exercised jurisdiction over offences committed within the vicinity of the King himself: committed contra pacem Domini, or […]
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Old Bailey
Definition of Old Bailey Now the Central Criminal Court (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Old Bailey in the Dictionaries, Old Bailey in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the […]
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King's Remembrancer
Definition of King’s Remembrancer Performed duties connected with recoveries of penalties and debts due to the Crown ; he kept in his office the documents relating to the passing of lands to and from the Crown ; and he had functions in connection with English Bills (see Bill of Complaint). […]
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King's Remembrancer
Definition of King’s Remembrancer Performed duties connected with recoveries of penalties and debts due to the Crown ; he kept in his office the documents relating to the passing of lands to and from the Crown ; and he had functions in connection with English Bills (see Bill of Complaint). […]
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Inferior Court
Definition of Inferior Court Any Court other than the High Court, the Central Criminal Court, or the Chancery Courts of Lancaster and Durham. The inferior Courts are amenable to the writs of certiorari, mandamus and prohibition (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Enrolment
Definition of Enrolment To enrol is to enter (or copy) a document on an official record. The Enrolment Office was in the Court of Chancery ; later transferred to the Central Office of the Supreme Court.The enrolment of disentailing deeds is no longer necessary. (Law of Property Act, 1925, s. […]
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Crown Office
Definition of Crown Office The office in which all the ministerial business of the Court of King’s Bench in respect of its prerogative and criminal jurisdiction was transacted. Now part of the Central Office of the Supreme Court Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Court Of Chancery
Definition of Court Of Chancery This was the Court of equity presided over by the Lord Chancellor, assisted by tlje Master of the Rolls, and Judges of first instance, known as Vice-ChancellorsThere was always a common law Court and offices in Chancery which dealt with enrollments of deeds, the […]
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Common Law
Definition of Common Law That part of the law of England formulated, developed and administered by the old Common Law Courts, based on the common custom of the country, and originally unwritten. It is opposed to equity, the body of rules administered by the Court of Chancery ; to statute law, […]
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Common Recovery
Definition of Common Recovery See Becovery, Common Serjeant. A judicial officer of the City of London, next below the Recorder, and a Judge of the Central Criminal Court Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Common Recovery in the Dictionaries, Common […]