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Royal Assent

and the king's or queen's answer is declared by the Clerk of the Parliaments in Norman-French. To a bill of supply,

praecipe

of a writ of execution) from a party to a clerk of a court or sometimes to a judge [filed a

Assise of darrein presentment

or his ancestors, under whom he claims, had presented a clerk to a benefice who was duly instituted, and afterwards, upon

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Assize, or assise

(2) Of gaol delivery, directed to the judges and the clerk of assize or associate, empowering them to try every prisoner

Clearing

and settling the difference. At fixed hours, each day, a clerk from each banker attends at the clearing-house, bringing all the

Registration of electors

for each parliamentary borough or county. This officer is the clerk of the county or the town clerk (see Part II.

Custos rotulorum

justice of the peace within the county, by whom the clerk of the peace is appointed, Harding v. Pollock, (1829) 6

Quare impedit

impedit, commands the disturbers, the bishop, the pseudo-patron, and his clerk, to permit the plaintiff to present a proper person (without

Indicavit

prohibition that lies for a patron of a church, whose clerk is sued in the spiritual Court by another clerk for

Great Seal (Offices) Act, 1874

such as those of the Messenger of the Great Seal, Clerk of the Petty Bag, Clerk f the Patents, and Purse-bearer

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