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adjudicate

adjudicate -cat·ed -cat·ing [Latin adjudicare to award in judgment, from ad to, for + judicare to judge see judge ] vt 1 : to settle either finally

or to deliberate'. By giving an opportunity to consultation or deliberation the purpose thereof is to enable the Judges to make their respective points of view known to the others and discuss and examine the relative merits

King's Bench

King's or Queen's bench (so called because the King used formerly to sit there in person (though the judges determined the causes), the style of the Court still being coram ipso rege, or coram ipsa regina) was

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Lords Justices of Appeal

Lords Justices of Appeal, the title of the ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal, by the Jud. Act, 1877, s. 4 (see now Jud. Act, 1925, s.

Lord Mayor's Court in London

In this Court the recorder presided, or, in his absence, the common serjeant (s. 43), or the assistant judge appointed under the Borough Courts of Record Act, 1872. The Mayor's and City of London Court Act, 1920,

Joinder of causes of action

arose indifferent counties, the venue might be laid in either of such counties, but the court or a judge had power to prevent the trial of different causes of action together if such trial wound be inexpedient,

Jury

a party under s. 6 of the Act was a matter in the discretion of a court or judge. Qualification.--The property qualification of jurors is fixed by the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c.

Judicial-council

Judicial-council, a regularly assembled group of judges whose mission is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the courts or which they sit; esp., a

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

of the Privy Council as shall from time to time hold or have held 'High Judicial Office,' i.e., judges of the Supreme Courts of England or Ireland, Court of Session in Scotland, and not more than seven

Master in lunacy

and carries out such other duties as are prescribed by the rules in lunacy and directions of the judge in lunacy [(English) Lunacy Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5), s. 111], and Lunacy Act, 1891,

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