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Chancellor, Lord

of the commissioners, and reads the royal speech on the occasion. To him belongs the appointment of all justices of the peace throughout the kingdom, and the appointment and removal of county court judges (see COUNTY COURTS),

Cessio in jure

was to acquire a thing claimed (vindicabat) the thing, the person who was to transfer it acknowledged the justice of the claim, and the magistrate pronounced it to be property (addicebat) of the claimant, Sand Just.

Certify

is considered to be erroneous. There must be exceptional or special circumstances like infringement of essential principles of justice or some difficult question of law of great public or private importance. It is not to be granted

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Certification of assize

of assize, a writ anciently granted for the re-examining or re-trial of a matter passed by assize before justices, now entirely superseded by the remedy afforded by means of a new trial.

Camera

law) that no nullity suit or other matrimonial cause, whatever its nature, can be heard in camera unless justice cannot otherwise be administered; see Scott v. Scott, 1913 AC 417, where the whole question of hearings in

Billiards

house licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor to be consumed on the premises) must be licensed by justices of the peace. The allowing persons to play at billiards for money in a public-house subjects the publican

Calendar of prisoners

assizes or sessions, to be delivered by the gaoler of the prison to the judges of assize and justices in quarter sessions, by virtue of s. 62 of the (English) Prison Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict.

Cadaverisation

Cadaverisation, the act by which a person becomes a cadaver (corpse)-death, [Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1692), para 60]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)

By-laws, or bye-laws

profit of the people under penalty of 40l., unless they be approved by the chancellor, treasurer, and chief justices, or the judges of assize, 19 Hen. 7, c. 7. County Councils and Borough Councils under Local Government

Brothel

Act, 1751 (25 Geo. 2, c. 36), s. 5, and the prosecution of which by summary proceedings before justices of the peace is allowed by the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c.

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