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Chief Clerks of Judges in Equity
Chancery, They were continued in office, under the judges of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, by (English) Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 77-86. In 1897 the title of 'Chief Clerk' was altered to that
Charged
Act, 1998, Art. 6(1)] Means brought before a court having jurisdiction to determine the matter, i.e. where examining justices commit an accused for trial, there is no charge until he is tried on indictment, R. v. Rider,
Character and antecedents
Character and antecedents, facts which become known to justices when they inquire into the circumstances of a case before deciding to proceed summarily may not be taken
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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),
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
Borough Courts
Parliament, in particular districts for the convenience of the inhabitants, that they may prosecute small suits, and receive justice at home. In boroughs subject to the Municipal Corporations Acts they are termed 'borough civil courts' and regulated
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a writ anciently granted for the re-examining or re-trial of a matter passed by assize before justices, now entirely superseded by the remedy afforded by means of a new trial.
Cancelli
Cancelli (lattice work), the rails or balusters inclosing the bar of a court of justice or the communion-table. Also the lines drawn on the face of a will or other writing, with the
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
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.
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