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Chancery
To this Division are assigned (1) matters in which the court of Chancery had exclusive statutory jurisdiction (except County Court appeals), of these, the jurisdiction under the (English) Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853-1869, is practically the only portion … Chancery [fr. Cancelli, lattice-work, Lat.; chancellerie, Fr.]. the Court of Chancery, which administered equity (see that title) so far as distinct from law, was the highest court
Irish and Scots Courts' Judgments
Judic. Act, 1925, s. 224); and a judgment of an inferior Court is similarly enforceable by an English county Court, under the Inferior Courts Judgments Extension Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 31). Irish Free State
In custodia legis
arrears of rent, not exceeding six months' rent. As to goods seized under a County Court warrant, see County Courts Act, 1934, s. 134, reproducing with amendments the 1888 Act, s. 160; Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 35.
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Pone
replevied by virtue of a replegiari facias (which was rarely if ever the case), the plaint in a County Court was removed into the King's Bench or Common Pleas by writ of pone. It was an original … by virtue of a replegiari facias (which was rarely if ever the case), the plaint in a County Court was removed into the King's Bench or Common Pleas by writ of pone. It was an original writ
Holding over
value does not exceed 100l. a year may be ejected by proceedings in the county Court, under the County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53), or if the term do not exceed seven years,
Toll
things conveyed on the railway.' See Railway and Hunt v. Great Northern Railway Co., (1851) 10 CB 900. County Courts have no jurisdiction over tolls. [(English) County Courts Act, 1933, s. 40] The expression 'toll' normally means a … Hunt v. Great Northern Railway Co., (1851) 10 CB 900. County Courts have no jurisdiction over tolls. [(English) County Courts Act, 1933, s. 40] The expression 'toll' normally means a definite payment exacted by the State or the
Sewer
make new ones, and to cleanse such rivers, and the streams communicating therewith, and is confined to such county or particular district as the commission shall name. They are a Court of record, and may proceed b … Sewer, a trench or channel through which water or sewage flows. The Court of Commissioners of Sewers is a temporary tribunal, erected by commission under the Great Seal, which used to
Inquiry, writ of
Inquiry, writ of. This is a writ addressed to the sheriff of the county in which the venue is laid, stating the proceedings in an action, and 'because it is unknown what … oath of twelve men of his county, he diligently inquire into the same, and return the inquisition into court. The writ is necessary after an interlocutory judgment, the defendant having let judgment go by default, to ascertain
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
of the Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster; which is a thing very distinct from the county palatine (which has also its separate chancery for sealing of writs or the like), and comprises much territory … Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an officer before whom, or his Deputy, the court of the Duchy Chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction concerning all mattes of equity
Interrogatories
costs. See R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXI., and consult Bray or Ross on Discovery. As to interrogatories in the County Courts, see C.C. Rules, 1903, Ord. XVI. An order for interrogatories cannot be made in an arbitration under the
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