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Chambers
Chambers are quasi-private rooms, in which the judges or masters dispose of points of practice and other matters not sufficiently important to be heard and argued in court. See SUMMONS; ORDER.The jurisdiction of a judge in chambers depends partly on Statutes and partly on the Common Law. An appeal lies to a Divisional Court or to a judge sitting in court according to the practice of the Division of the High Court to which the matter in question in assigned (English) (Jud. Act, 1873, s. 50. See now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 31(8) and 62). By R. S.C. 1883, Ord. LIV., the masters in the King Bench Division, and the registrars in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division may exercise the jurisdiction of a judge in chambers (subject to appeal to a judge), except in matters relating to crime or to the liberty of the subject, and certain other matters setout in the order. As to Chambers in the Chancery Division, see Ord. LV....
chamber
chamber 1 : a judge's office ;specif : the private office where a judge carries on business other than court sessions (as conferences or signing papers) usually used in pl. [four other judges met in my chambers "R. H. Bork"] [a hearing in chambers] 2 a : a hall for the meetings of a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body or assembly [to run back into the House "Tip O'Neill"] b : a legislative or judicial body : house [approved by two-thirds of each of Congress "U.S. Code"] ...
Exchequer Chamber, Court of
Exchequer Chamber, Court of, a tribunal of error and appeal.First, it existed in former times as a Court of mere debate, such causes from the other Courts being sometimes adjourned into it as the judges upon argument found to be of great weight and difficulty, before any judgment was given upon them in the Court below. It then consisted of all the judges of the three Superior Courts of Common Law, and at times the Lord Chancellor also.Second, it existed as a Court of Error, where the judgments of each of the Superior Courts of Common Law, in all actions whatever, were subject to revision by the judges of the other two, sitting collectively. See 27 Eliz. c. 8 (error from Queen's Bench), and 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 70, s. 8 (error from the three Courts). The composition of this Court consequently admitted of three different combinations, consisting of any two of the Courts below which were not parties to the judgment appealed against. There was no given number required to constitute the ...
Royal Courts of Justice
Royal Courts of Justice, the statutory name, by (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 222, replacing s. 28 of the (English) Jud. (Officers) Act, 1879, of the Law Courts, on the north side of the Strand, between St. Clement Danes Church and Chancery Lane, in which the business of the Supreme Court is transacted. The erection of buildings for bringing together into one place 'all the superior Courts of Law and Equity, the Probate and Divorce Courts and the court of Admiralty' recommended by a Royal Commission in 1858 was authorized by Parliament in 1865 by the (English) Courts of Justice Building Act and the Courts of Justice Concentration (Site) Act (28 & 29 Vict. cc. 48, 49). The Royal Courts were formally opened by Queen Victoria on the 4th of December, 1882, and opened for business on the 11th of January, 1883, the Judges' Chambers and other offices having been opened for business in January, 1880. Prior to the opening, the Chancery Division of the High Court occupied courts at Lincoln's Inn,...
chambers
chambers the offices of a judge. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
Chamber Clerks
Chamber Clerks, of the Judges. As to their positions since the Judicature Acts, see (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 79, amended by Jud. Act, 1875, s. 35....
Masters of the Common Law Courts
Masters of the Common Law Courts. There were five Masters on the plea side of each of the Courts of King's Bench and Exchequer, and also in the Common Pleas. They were appointed by 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 30, and their duties were to tax costs, compute damages, attend the judges in court, etc. These officers became, under the Judicatures Act, officers of the Supreme Court, and were attached to the Division of the High Court representing the Court to which they formerly belonged (Jud. Act, 1873, s. 77; (English) Jud. Act, 1875, Ord. LX., r. 1). Under 30 & 31 Vict. c. 68, and the (English) General Rules of Michalmas Term, 1867, the Masters transacted a considerable portion of the business at Judges' Chambers; and they now have similar powers (R.S.C., Ord. LIV., r. 12)....
Solicitor
Solicitor, an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature, who, and who only, is entitled to 'sue out any writ or process, or commence, carry on, solicit, or defend any action, suit or other proceeding' in any Court whatever (see (English) Solicitors Act, 1932, s. 45). 'Solicitor of the Supreme Court' was the title given by the (English) Judicature Act, 1843, s. 87, to all attorneys, solicitors, and proctors, and continued by (English) Solicitors Act 1932, s. 81. Prior to that Act, 'attorneys' conducted business in the Common Law Courts, 'solicitors' business in the Court of Chancery and 'proctors' ecclesiastical and Admiralty business; but it was the general practice, although any person might be admitted to practise as an attorney or solicitor only, to be admitted to practise as an attorney and solicitor also.Solicitors practise as advocates before magistrates at petty sessions and quarter sessions where there is no bar, in County Courts, at Arbitrations, at Judges' Chambers, Coroners...
Chamber
Chamber, the place where certain assemblies are held; also the assemblies themselves.In India, the halls where the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha meet and deliberate are known as Lok Sabha Chamber and Rajya Sabha Chamber respectively, these Chambers are not allowed to be used for any purpose other than the sittings of the respective House, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in the Council of States, 5th Edn., 2000, r. 384(LS)., the place where certain assemblies are held; also the assemblies themselves.In India, the halls where the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha meet and deliberate are known as Lok Sabha Chamber and Rajya Sabha Chamber respectively, these Chambers are not allowed to be used for any purpose other than the sittings of the respective House, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in the Council of States, 5th Edn., 2000, r. 384(LS)....
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