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Judge
the Judicature Act, 1873, ten years' standing at the Bar for a judge of the High Court of Justice, and fifteen years' standing at the Bar or one year's service as a judge of the High Court
Jervis's Acts
& 12 Vict. cc. 42 (the Indictable Offences Act,1848), 43 (the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848), and 44 (the Justices Protec-tion Act, 1848), regulating (1) the commitment by justices of persons accused of indictable offences; (2) the summary
Constable
the army], an officer to whom our law commits the duty of maintaining the peace, and bringing to justice those by whom it is infringed. Provision is made for the abolition of the office of High Constable
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Bias
law will not suppose a possibility of bias in a judge, who is already sworn to administer impartial justice, and whose authority greatly depends upon that presumption and idea, 3 Bl. Com. 361. See R. v. Cork
Tribunal
place where a judge set, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The seat of a judge; a Court of justice. As defined by s. 2(r) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, as amended by Act 36 of 1956,
Theatre
a licence from the Lord Chanberlain of the Household of the sovereign in the metropolis, and from the justices of the peace elsewhere, s. 2 of the Act enacting that:- 2. It shall not be lawful for
Supreme Court of Judicature
1, there shall be a Supreme Court of Judicature in England consisting of His Majesty's High Court of Justice (referred to as the High Court), and His Majesty's Court of Appeal (referred to as the Court of
Summons
Jurisdiction.--See s. 1 of Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices'), for summons to answer charge which justices may themselves deal with, and s. 9 of Indictable Offences Act, 1848, for summons on charge which justices
Summary jurisdiction, Court of
Summary jurisdiction, Court of, 'means' in an Act of Parliament 'any justice or justices of the peace, or other magistrate by whatever name called, to whom jurisdiction is given by,
Sufficient cause
available to the State. The words 'sufficient cause' should receive a liberal construction so as to advance substantial justice when no negligence or inaction or want of bona fide is imputable to a party, State of West
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