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Chancellor, Lord
the appointment and removal of county court judges (see COUNTY COURTS), and [see s. 8 of the (English) Coroners Act, 1887] the power to remove coroners. He is one of the three ex-officio trustees of the British
Felo de se
forfeiture for felony is abolished by the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23). A coroner's inquest (see CORONER) must beheld in every case of suicide, and in the absence of evidence of unsoundness
Medical witnesses
Medical witnesses, may be ordered to attend at an inquest by the coroner under the (English) Coroners Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 71), s. 21. The deposition of civil
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Post-mortem
a surgeon, in order to discover the cause of death. Such an examination may be ordered by a coroner under the (English) Coroners Act, 1887, s. 21. See CORONER.
Treasure-trove
the owner thereof being unknown or unfound, in which case it belongs to the Crown: see Jervis on Coroners, p. 2. Bracton defines it, vetus depositio pecuni'. Concealing treasure-trove is punishable by fine or imprisonment. Coroners have … Treasure-trove [thesaurus inventus Lat.], money or coin, gold, silver plate, or bullion found hidden in the earth or other private place, the owner thereof being unknown or
Quinto exactus
return made after a defendant had been called to five county courts but failed to appear. The county coroners then ordered that the defendant be deprived of the benefits of the law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,
Wreck
wrecks was frequently granted to lords of manors as a royal franchise. It is a branch of the coroner's office to inquire concerning shipwrecks and certify whether there has been a wreck or not, and who is
Jury
officers of both Houses of Parliament, of the Supreme Court, and of metropolitan magistrates, clerks of the peace, coroners and deputies, sheriffs' officers and servants, solicitors' managing clerks, police, J.P.'s within their own jurisdiction, mem-bers of corporations,
County Councils
of fees of inspectors and other officers; (10) Control of officrs paid out of the county rate; (11) Coroner's salary, fees, and district; (12) The execution as local authority of Acts relating to destructive insects, to fish
Parchment
Judicature Act, 1875, R.S.C. Ord. V., R. 10; Ord. LXVI., R. 3. As to repeal of provision in Coroners Act, 1887, which maintained the use of parchment in the case of inquisitions by coroners of murder and
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