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Durham, County palatine of. The jurisdiction which was, for a long time, vested in the Bishop of Durham for the time being, was taken from him by 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 19, which is amended by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 45, and vested as a separate franchise and royalty in the Crown.As to the jurisdiction of the Durham Court of Chancery, see these Acts; appeals from the Chancellor of Durham lie to the Court of appeal [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 28]; and as to the Durham Court of Pleas, see 33 Geo. 3, c. 68, and 2 & 3 Vict. c. 16, ss. 4-37, and the (English) Palatine Court of Durham Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 47); the Durham Court of Pleas is now abolished and its jurisdiction transferred to the High Court of Justice [(English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 16]. See also COUNTY PALATINE.The jurisdiction of the Durham Court of Chancery within its territorial limits as coextensive and concurrent with that of the Chancery Division of the High Court; (English) Judic. Act, 1925, s. 18....
Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Durham
Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Durham. A Court possessing an unlimited jurisdiction of the Chancery Division and concurrent with it, within the area of the County Palatine of Durham. Appeals lie to the Court of Appeal, see (English) Palatine Court of Durham Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 47), and Judic. Act, 1925, s. 28 (as to appeals). The Chancellor, appointed by Royal Warrant, is the sole Judge of the Court....
Durham rule
Durham rule [from Durham v. United States, 214 F.2d 862 (1954), a case heard by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that established the rule] : a rule of criminal law used in some states that holds that in order to find a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity the defendant's criminal act must be the product of a mental disease or defect compare irresistible impulse test, m'naghten test, substantial capacity test ...
Durham
One or a breed of short horned cattle originating in the county of Durham England The Durham cattle are noted for their beef producing quality...
County palatine
County palatine [fr. Palatium, Lat., a court]. There were three of these counties--Chester, Durham, and Lancaster. The two former were such by immemorial custom; the last was created by Edward III. The Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Lancaster had royal power within their respective counties. They could pardon treasons, murders, and felonies; they appointed judges and magistrates; all writs and indictments ran in their names,and offences were said to be done against their peace and not contra pacem domini regis. The (English) Act (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 70), abolished the Court Session of the County Palatine of Chester, and subjected the county in all things to the jurisdiction of the superior Courts at West-minster. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 18, replacing (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 16, the jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster and of the Court of Pleas at Durham is transferred to the High Courtof Justice. But the jurisdiction of the Chancery ...
University
University, an association of learners, and of teachers and examiners of the learners, upon whose report the association grants upon whose report the association grants titles called 'degrees' (such as 'Master of Arts,' 'Doctor of Divinity'), showing that the holders have attained some definite proficiency.The English Universities are those of Oxford, Cambridge (incorporated by 13 Eliz. c. 29, by the two names of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Cambridge respectively, with the direction that they shall be called and named by none other name for evermore), Durham, London, Victoria of Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, and East Midland University Nottingham, the graduates of which (see University of Liverpool Act, 1904; (English) University of Leeds Act, 1904; and (English) Sheffield University Act, 1914) have equal statutory privileges and exemptions; and Reading University (see 18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 25). There is also the Uni...
irresistible impulse test
irresistible impulse test : a test used in some jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense that involves a determination of whether an impulse to commit a criminal act was irresistible due to mental disease or defect regardless of whether the defendant knew right from wrong compare diminished capacity, durham rule, m'naghten test, substantial capacity test ...
Galilee
A porch or waiting room usually at the west end of an abbey church where the monks collected on returning from processions where bodies were laid previous to interment and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related or to hear divine service Also frequently applied to the porch of a church as at Ely and Durham cathedrals...
Achelanda, Auchelandia, Auklandia
Achelanda, Auchelandia, Auklandia, Auckland, in the Bishopric of Durham....
Action
Action, conduct, something done; also the form prescribed by Law for the recovery of one's due, or the lawful demand of one's right. Bracton (Bk. 3, cap. 1) defines it:-Actio nihil aliud est quam jus prosequendi in judicio quod alicui debetur.-(An action is nothing else than the right of suing in a court of justice for that which is due to some one.) Actions are divided into criminal and civil: criminal actions are more properly called prosecutions, and perhaps actions penal, to recover some penalty under statute, are properly criminal actions. There were formerly three classes of actions in England: personal actions, in which the plaintiff sought to recover a debt or damages from the defendant; real actions, in which he sought to establish his title to land or other hereditaments; mixed actions, in which he sought only to establish his right to possession of land. All forms of action are now abolished, but there still inevitably remains the distinction between actions in personam brou...
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