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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
Bail
order of a Secretary of State or by the King's Bench Division of the High Court, or a judge thereof in vacation; while, on the other hand, they are bound to admit to bail in all cases
Admiralty
as far as relates to Admiralty, formerly called the High Court of Admiralty, and was held before the Judge of the Admiralty, who formerly sat as deputy of the Lord High Admiral of England until that office
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bench
bench 1 : the place where a judge sits in court [asked counsel to approach the ] compare bar, dock, jury box, sidebar, stand 2 :
Bench
Bench [fr. bance, A. S.], or Banc [Fr.], a tribunal of justice. (1) The judge or the aggregate body of the judges of any given Court; (2) the bishops; (3) the benchers of
Discretion
judicially, it implies the absence of a hard and fast rule, and it require an actual exercise of judgment and a consideration of the facts and circumstances with are necessary to make a sound, fair and just
Special case
a special case for the opinion of the Court, and 'if it appear to the Court or a judge that there is in any action a question of law which it would be convenient to have decided
Serjeant
Serjeants-at-law, (1840) 6 Bing NC 235], was abolished in 1846 by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 54. The judges of the Common Law Courts were formerly required to take or to have taken the degree of Serjeant-at-law;
Puisne
Puisne [fr. puisne Fr.], junior, inferior, lower in rank. The several judges and barons of the former Common Law Courts to Westminster, other than the chiefs, were called puisne. By
Nonsuit
Nonsuit [non est prosecutus, Lat.]. The judge orders a nonsuit when the plaintiff fails to make out a legal cause of action or fails to
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