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Hundred Court
Hundred Court, a larger Court-baron, being held for all the inhabitants of a particular hundred instead of a manor. The free suitors were here also the judges, and the steward the registrar, as in the case...
federal courts
federal courts courts established under the U.S. Constitution. The term usually refers to courts of the federal judicial branch, which include the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. courts of appeals, the U.S. district...
A court immediately below
A court immediately below. The expression 'a court immediately below' and a court subordinate to the High Court have different meanings, and are, therefore, not one and the same. The test for determining whether an aggrieved...
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Customary Court-baron
Customary Court-baron, a court which should be kept within the man or for which it is held. It may be held anywhere within the manor, at the pleasure of the person holding it, unless some ancient...
Juvenile Courts
Juvenile Courts. These courts first received statutory recognition by the (English) Children Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 67). These are now governed by ss. 45 to 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933...
Marshalsea, Court of the
Marshalsea, Court of the, originally held before the steward and marshal of the royal house of administer justice between the sovereign's domestic servants, that they might not be drawn into other courts, and their service become...
Open Court
Open Court. Every Court of Justice is open to every subject of the King, Scott v. Scott, 1913 AC 417 (440). By statute the place where justices summarily convict is an open Court [(English) Summary Jurisdiction...
Court and Judge
Court and Judge, a 'court' is an agency created by the sovereign for the purpose of administering justice. It is a place where justice is judicially administered. It is a legal entity. It is a Tribunal...
Forest Courts
Forest Courts, fallen into absolute desuetude. They were instituted for the government of the royal forests in different parts of the kingdom, and for the punishment of all injuries done to the deer or venison, to...
Court of competent jurisdiction
Court of competent jurisdiction, the expression 'a Court of competent jurisdiction' envisaged in s. 465 is to denote a validity constituted Court conferred with jurisdiction to try the offence or offences. Such a Court will not...
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