C Dictionary
Court Rolls
Court Rolls, a book,or series of books, in which an account of all the proceedings and transactions of the customary court of a manor was entered by a person duly authorized. The person who makes the entries is the steward, and the court rolls are kept by him,but subject to the right of the tenants to inspect them.Copyhold tenure was abolished by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, but the Law of Property (Amendent) Act contains provisions for the preservation and superintendence of Court Rolls, ibid. 2nd Sched. II. See MANORIAL DOCUMENTS; Williams on Real Property. Consult Scriven or Elton on Copyholds...
Court subordinate
Court subordinate, the expression 'Court immediately below' used in the Constitution means 'Court subordinate' and a single Judge of the High Court not being a court subordinate to the Division Bench qua the Division Bench the District Court was the Court immediately below. But the two expressions have not the same meaning. A 'court subordinate' to the High Court is a Court subject to the superintendent of the High Court, whereas a court immediately below is the Court from whose decision the appeal has been filed, Ladli Prasad Jaiswal v. Karnal Distillery Co. Ltd., AIR 1963 SC 1279 (1285): (1964) 1 SCR 270. (Civil Procedure Code, 1985, s. 115)...
Court tennis
See under Tennis...
Court-baron
Court-baron, a court which, before 1926 (see COPYHOLDS), although not one of record, was incident to every manor, and could not be severed therefrom. It was ordained for the maintenance of the services and duties stipulated for by lords of manors, and for the purpose of determining actions of a personal nature, where the debt or damage was under forty shillings.This court might be held at any place within the manor, giving fifteen days' notice, including three Sundays. Of the day when the court will be held; but three or four days' notice have been deemed sufficient. It was frequently held together with the court-leet, and generally assembled but once a year.The freehold tenants alone were suitors to the Court-baron; and it was essential to the existence of the court that there should be two suitors at the least; for since freemen can only be tried by their peers or equals, should there be but one freeman, he could then have no peer or judge, and consequently he had to appeal to the co...
Court-lands
Court-lands, domains or lands kept in the lord's hands to serve his family....
Court-leet
Court-leet. [Coke says leet is a Saxon word, and comes from the verb gelathian, or gelethian (g being added euphoni' gratia), i.e., convenire, to assemble together, unde conventus, 4 Inst. 261. For other opinions as to the derivation of the word, see Lex Man. 131; Ritson on Courts-leet; and Scriv. On Copyholds.] This court is expressly kept up by s. 40 of the Sheriffs Act, 1887, though for all but formal purposes it has long since fallen into desuetude, and there is still an annual Court-leet of the Manor and Liberty of Savoy which meets at St. Clement Danes Vestry Hall, the High Steward of the Manor presiding, a jury being empannelled one month aftr Easter and serving for a year from that date, the court being held 'for the purpose of preventing small offences in the nature of a common nuisance,' and still having 'power to impose fines for certain offenes, such the stopping up of ways': Solicitor's Journal,Vol. 49, p. 493.The Court-leet is a court of record appointed to be held once a...
court-martial
court-martial pl: courts-martial also: court-martials 1 : a court consisting of commissioned officers and in some instances enlisted personnel for the trial of members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction 2 : a trial by a court-martial vt -mar·tialed also: -mar·tialled -mar·tial·ing also: -mar·tial·ling : to subject to trial by court-martial ...
court-martial
court-martial pl: courts-martial also: court-martials 1 : a court consisting of commissioned officers and in some instances enlisted personnel for the trial of members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction 2 : a trial by a court-martial vt -mar·tialed also: -mar·tialled -mar·tial·ing also: -mar·tial·ling : to subject to trial by court-martial ...
Court-martial
Court-martial, a court for the trial of military offences, under the authority of the (English) Crown and the Army Act, 1881; the ordinary law of evidence must be applied in its proceedings (ibid. s. 128, and Rules of Procedure, r. 73). There are general, district, and regimental courts-martial. See JUDGE ADVOCATE. Their jurisdiction does not, however, exempt any officer or soldier from being proceeded against by the ordinary course of law, Consult Manual of Military Law and the King's Regulations; Clode's Military Forces of the Crown.As to Naval Courts-martial, see (English) Navy Discipline Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 109), ss. 58-69; JUDGE ADVOCATE.It means a court-martial held under this Act. [Army Act, 1950, s. 3 (vii); also see Air Force Act, 1950, s. 4 (xvi)]...
mandamus
mandamus [Latin, we enjoin, from mandare to enjoin] : an extraordinary writ issued by a court of competent jurisdiction to an inferior tribunal, a public official, an administrative agency, a corporation, or any person compelling the performance of an act usually only when there is a duty under the law to perform the act, the plaintiff has a clear right to such performance, and there is no other adequate remedy available ;also : an action in the nature of a writ of mandamus in jurisdictions where the writ is abolished compare cease-and-desist order at order, injunction, stay NOTE: Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy and is issued usually only to command the performance of a ministerial act. It cannot be used to substitute the court's judgment for the defendant's in the performance of a discretionary act. mandamus vb ...