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Ecclesiastical Courts
Ecclesiastical Courts [curi' Christianitatis, Lat.] are the Archdeacon's Court, the Consistory Courts, the Court of Arches, the Courts of Peculiars, the Prerogative Courts of the two archbishops, the Faculty Court, and the Privy Council, which is...
Session, Court of, in Scotland
Session, Court of, in Scotland, the supreme civil Court of Scotland, instituted A.D. 1532, and formerly consisting of fifteen judges-that number being reduced in 1830, by 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 69, s....
Bankruptcy, Court of
Bankruptcy, Court of. The (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, ss. 96 et seq., gives jurisdiction in bankruptcy to the High Court and the county courts, the jurisdiction of the High Court being exercised by one of the...
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Prerogative courts
Prerogative courts. The two archbishops have each of them a prerogative Court. The appeal is to the Privy Council, 2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 92. See now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 20 (a), 107, replacing...
Foreign Courts
Foreign Courts. The proceedings of a foreign Court are proved by copies under the seal of such Court, proof being given that the seal affixed is the seal of such Court. If a Court have no...
Duchy Court of Lancaster
Duchy Court of Lancaster, a tribunal of special jurisdiction, held before the chancellor of the duchy or his deputy, concerning all matters of equity relating to lands holden of the Crown in right of the Duchy...
supreme court
supreme court 1 : the highest court in a nation or state ;specif cap S&C : the highest court in the judicial branch of the U.S. government that has original jurisdiction over controversies involving ambassadors or...
legislative court
legislative court : a court (as the United States Tax Court and the territorial courts) created by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution whose judges are subject to removal from office and salary reduction...
Local Courts
Local Courts, tribunals of a limited and special jurisdiction, the several county courts throughout the country, the Court of Passage at Liverpool, and the Mayor's Court of London. See, further, BOROUGH COURTS; INFERIOR COURTS.
High Steward, Court of the Lord
High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any other offence. The office of Lord...
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