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Justices
give a qualification by the Justices Qualification Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 54); but both these Acts are repealed by the (English) Justices of the Peace Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 16), by which … deputed by the Crown to ad-minister justice and do right by way of judgment. The judges of the Supreme Court are called justices, but the word is usually applied to petty magistrates who sit to administer summary
Act of Parliament
fundamental alteration in the powers previously possessed by the House of Lords in relation to the passing of Acts of Parliament. Its provisions are briefly as follows:--(1) If a money bill sent up by the House of … the Member of Parliament who introduced them, as (English) Lord Compbell's Act (6 & 7 Vict. C. 96); Jervis's Act (English) (11 & 12 Vict. C. 43); and some few, as the Statute of Elizabeth, which founded
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Mandamus
High Court only, and addressed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature requiring them to do something therein specified, which appertains to their office, and which the court holds to be consonant to right and
Treasure-trove
private place, the owner thereof being unknown or unfound, in which case it belongs to the Crown: see Jervis on Coroners, p. 2. Bracton defines it, vetus depositio pecuni'. Concealing treasure-trove is punishable by fine or imprisonment. … Treasure-trove [thesaurus inventus Lat.], money or coin, gold, silver plate, or bullion found hidden in the earth or other private place, the owner thereof being unknown or
Open Court
of doub if it is not a Court of Justice; it is submitted that it is not [see Jervis on Coroners, citing Garnett v. Ferrand, (1827) 6 B&C 611]; the general rule is that all courts of … 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
Coroner
of England until the local coroner has been informed. See Removal of Bodies from England Regulations, 1927. See Jervis on Coroners; Encyc. of the Laws of England, vol. iii … also has jurisdiction to inquire concerning 'treasure trove' (see that title), and acts as substitute for the sheriff when that officer is incapacitated by interest. … Coroner. A very ancient officer at the Common Law, so called because he has principally to do with pleas of the Crown, appointed in boroughs by the Borough
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