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Certiorari
original writ issuing out of the Crown side of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, addressed, in the king's name, to judges or officers of inferior Courts, commanding them to certify or to
Criminal contempt
or a Judge into contempt, or to lower his authority, or to interfere with the due course of justice or the lawful process of the Court, is a contempt of Court. Any episode in the administration of
Costs
47, reproducing s. 11 of the County Courts, 1919, as amended by s. 20 of the Administration of Justice Act, 1925, which substituted a new s. 116 of the County Courts Act, 1888; the Slander of Women
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Metropolitan Police Magistrates
There are 25 salaried Metropolitan Police Magistrates (maximum 27) appointed by the Crown to execute the duties of justices of the peace within the Metropolitan Police District. The qualification for this office is having practised as a
Suit
Supp (2) SCC 627. The word 'suit' is understood to apply to any proceeding in a court of justice by which an individual pursues that remedy which the law affords. The modes, of proceedings may be various
Office
desert only, the repealed 12 Ric. 2, c. 2, enacted that-- The Chancellor, Treasurer, . . . the Justices of the one bench and the other, Barons of the Exchequer and all other that shall be called
Vagrants
are, under the Vagrancy Act, 1824, s. 3, to be deemed 'idle and disorderly persons,' so that any justice of the peace may commit them (being convicted before him) to the house of correction to hard labour
Summary jurisdiction
e.g., to commit to prison for contempt, to punish malpractice in a solicitor, or in the case of justices of the peace, a jurisdiction to convict an offender themselves instead of committing him for trial by a
Special case
given to referees to state a case by Ord. XXXVI., r. 52, and see the (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 55). As to special case before the Judicature Acts, see
Contempt of court
costs for contempt in very insultingly and intemperately criticizing in the Birmingham Daily Argus a warning of Mr. Justice Darling at the Stafford Assizes to the Press not to publish a report of a trial for the
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