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Outriders
or their deputies to ride to the extremities of their counties or hundreds to summon men to the county or hundred Court. … to ride to the extremities of their counties or hundreds to summon men to the county or hundred Court.
General Sessions Court
General Sessions Court : a court sitting in each county seat in Tennessee and having limited jurisdiction over civil matters and some minor criminal matters … General Sessions Court : a court sitting in each county seat in Tennessee and having limited jurisdiction over civil matters and
Administrative business
Court, which means hostile litigation between parties. Formerly also certain business transacted at Quarter Sessions now transferred to County Councils by s. 3 of the Local Government Act, 1888. … managing conducted in private by persons having complete discretion, as distinguished from judicial business, which is conducted in Court under specific rules as to evidence, etc. In the Chancery Division the term is used an meaning that
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Borough Sessions
to be fixed by them. The Court has 'cognizance of all crimes, offences, and matters cognizable by the County Quarter Sessions, whose powers extend to all boroughs which may not have obtained a separate court by petition … Borough Sessions, courts established in boroughs under the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882. They are held by the recorders of the
Elisors
partiality, etc., the jury process was directed to two clerks of the Court, or two persons of the county named by the Court, and sworn. Then these elisors indifferently name or choose the jury, and their return … to the sheriff and coroners for partiality, etc., the jury process was directed to two clerks of the Court, or two persons of the county named by the Court, and sworn. Then these elisors indifferently name or
Latitat
is supposed by the writ that the defendant lurks and lies hid, and cannot be found in the County of Middlesex (in which the Court is holden) to be taken by bill, but has gone into some … the defendant lurks and lies hid, and cannot be found in the County of Middlesex (in which the Court is holden) to be taken by bill, but has gone into some other county, to the sheriff of
Session, Great, of Wales
of the judges of the High Court hold the circuits in Wales and Cheshire, as in other English counties. The jurisdiction of the Great Session of Wales, which was first established by Henry VIII., was similar to … Court which was abolished by 1 Wm. 4, c. 70; the proceedings now issue out of the Royal Courts of Justice, and two of the judges of the High Court hold the circuits in Wales and Cheshire,
Exoneratione sect'
Exoneratione sect', a writ that lay for the Crown's ward to be free from all suit to the county Court, hundred Court, leet, etc., during wardship, Fitz. N.B. 158. … sect', a writ that lay for the Crown's ward to be free from all suit to the county Court, hundred Court, leet, etc., during wardship, Fitz. N.B. 158.
Eire, or eyre
who must else have been brought to the King's Bench, if the cause were too high for the County Court: it is said they were sent but once in seven years. the eyre of the forest is … Eire, or eyre [fr. iter, Lat.], the Court of justices itinerant, justiciarii itinerantes, justices in eyre. They were anciently sent with a general commission into divers
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
respect of things which can be distrained. All disputes arising out of a distress maybe determined by a County Court or a Court of Summary Jurisdiction. 9. Market Gardens (ss. 48 and 49 and Sch. III.).--Market garden … of things which can be distrained. All disputes arising out of a distress maybe determined by a County Court or a Court of Summary Jurisdiction. 9. Market Gardens (ss. 48 and 49 and Sch. III.).--Market garden includes
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