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Precedence or precedency

Garter. || Privy Councillors. || Chancellor of the Exchequer. || Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. || Lord Chief Justice of England. || Master of the Rolls. For the present precedence of the Judges of the Court of

Precedent

a case, the Judge or the Bench should passes an order that the papers be placed before the Chief Justice with a request to form a special or Full Bench to hear and dispose of the case or

Forest Courts

from the Court of attachments against offences in vert and venison. The Court of justice-seat, held before the chief itinerant judge, or his deputy, to hear and determine all trespasses within the forest, and claims of franchise,

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Officio, Ex

Officio, Ex. by virtue of his office; e.g., the Lord Chief Justice of England is a member of the Court of Appeal, ex officio.

Under

scope of the above phrase because in respect of them the administrative control is clearly vested in the Chief Justice, Hargovind Pant v. Dr. Raghukul Tilak, (1979) 3 SCC 458: AIR 1979 SC 1109 (1113).

Tested

in the name of the Lord Chancellor if issuing from the Court of Chancery, or of the Lord Chief Justice if issuing from the Queen's Bench, etc.

Sewer

at the pleasure of the Crown, and later at the discretion of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, and Chief Justices, pursuant to the Statute of Sewers (23 Hen. 8, c. 5). Their jurisdiction is to overlook the … the pleasure of the Crown, and later at the discretion of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, and Chief Justices, pursuant to the Statute of Sewers (23 Hen. 8, c. 5). Their jurisdiction is to overlook the repairs

Scandalising the court

(2003) 2 SCC 45. Scandalising the court, would mean hostile criticism of judges or judiciary, D.C. Saxenca v. Chief Justice of India, (1996) 5 SCC 216.

S.S., Collar of

linked together, have been much worn by persons holding great offices in the state, e.g., by the Lord Chief Justice of England. The signification is obscure

Roman Catholics

not a Roman Catholic may be Lord Chancellor, see the statement of Sir J. Coleridge, A.-G. (afterwards Lord Chief Justice of England), in the House of Commons on May 6, 1872. The Act of 1829 merely provides (by

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