Divisible

divisible : capable of being divided esp. into independent parts (as promises or interests) [a contract] compare entire di·vis·i·bil·i·ty [də-vi-zə-bi-lə-tē] n ...

Divisible Contract, there is an express or implied agreement that payments will be made in proportion to the work performed, unless a trade custom to the contrary can be proved, Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1865, p. 880...

Divisions of the High Court

Divisions of the High Court (see new Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 1-5). The High Court of Justice, crated by the Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66). was by s. 31 of that Act, for the more convenient despatch of business, divided into five Divisions, which were called the Chancery, the Queen's Bench, the Common Pleas, the Exchequer, and the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Divisions, the judges of these Divisions being for the most part those who sat in the courts whose jurisdiction is transferred to the High Court (ss. 5, 16); but s. 32 of the same Act gave the Sovereign in Council power to reduce or increase the number of Divisions or the number of judges attached to each Division; and an Order in Council under this section which came into force on the 26th February, 1881, united in one 'Queen's Bench Division' (since the accession of King Edward the Seventh styled the' King's bench Division') the judges attached to the Common Pleas and Exchequer Divisions; so that (see Judicature ...

Queen's Bench Division

Queen's Bench Division, means the English court, formerly known as the Queen's Bench or King's Bench, that presides over tort and contract actions, applications for judicial review, and some Magistrate-court appeals, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259.The jurisdiction of the Court of Queen's Bench was assigned, by s. 34 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, to the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; and by Order in Council under s. 32 of the same Act, the Common Pleas and Exchequer Divisions were, in February 1881, merged in the same 'Queen's Bench Division,' which began to be styled, after the death of the late Queen Victoria in January, 1901, the 'King's Bench Division.' As to assignment of business to, see (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (2)....

Exchequer division

Exchequer division. A division of the High Court of Justice, to which the special business of the Court of Exchequer was specially assigned by s. 34 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1873. Merged in the King's Bench Division by Order in Council under s. 31 of that Act, made in February, 1881. See now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 4....

Electoral divisions

Electoral divisions, divisions of an administrative county for the purpose of each of them returning a member of the County Council under the (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51)....

Family Division

Family Division : a division of the High Court of Justice having jurisdiction over matters of family law and uncontested probate matters ...

Sessional Divisions of Counties

Sessional Divisions of Counties. See next title...

Ecclesiastical division of England

Ecclesiastical division of England, is into provinces, dioceses, archdeaconries, rural deaneries, and parishes....

Appellate Division

Appellate Division, is a department of a superior court responsible for hearing appeal, an intermediate appellate court in some States, such as New York and New Jersey, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95....

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