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Crown suits
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Extent
rule to issue a commission to ascertain what debt was due to the Crown; but by the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104), s. 47, a commission to find a debt due to … and for Treasury certificates being granted exonerating lands from any further claim of the Crown. By the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104), s. 48, it was provided that any Crown judgment, etc.,
Information
while criminal information are resorted to punish public wrongs, or heinous misdemeanors. See EX OFFICIO INFORMATIONS; and (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104). The most usual information are, in cases of intrusion, for
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Nullum tempus aut locus occurit regi
the right of the Crown to sue for land, etc., was limited to sixty years; and the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 62), amending that Act; and s. 9 of the (English) Crown
Revenue
by the Queen's Remembrancer Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 21), ss. 9 et seq., and the Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104). The jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer was transferred to
Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK)
droit (Petition of Right UK), one of the Common Law methods of obtaining possession or restitution from the Crown of either real or personal property, or compensation in damages for breach of contract, the Crown not being … compensation in damages for breach of contract, the Crown not being liable to an ordinary action at the suit of a subject. It is said to owe its origin of Edward I. By the (UK) Petition of
Scire facias
nature of process. Consult Hals. L.E., tit. 'Crown Practice.' A scire facias was formerly resorted to in Chancery suits, when they became abated; but this mode became superseded in practice by the order of revivor, which see. … not have advantage of such record. The writ, though not abolished, is now out of use except in Crown Practice on the Revenue side of the King's Bench Division for recovery of Crown debts and also for
Queen's Remembrancer
of Exchequer. See the (English) Queen's Remembrancer Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 21), and the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104). He became an officer of the Supreme Court by the
Presentment
their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the Crown; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like, upon which the officer of the Court … any offence, from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the Crown; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like, upon which the officer
Restitution of stolen goods
Law there was no restitution of goods upon an indictment, because it is at the suit of the Crown only; therefore the party was enforced to bring an appeal of robbery in order to have his goods … By the Common Law there was no restitution of goods upon an indictment, because it is at the suit of the Crown only; therefore the party was enforced to bring an appeal of robbery in order to
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