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Theatre
7 Vict. c. 68), such a place may not be had or kept without a licence from the Lord Chanberlain of the Household of the sovereign in the metropolis, and from the justices of the peace elsewhere, … includes 'every tragedy, comedy, farce, opera, burletta, interlude, pantomine, or other entertain-ment of the stage.' By the Theatres Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 68), such a place may not be had or kept without a
Lord Lieutenant of a County
by the Crown for the managing of the standing militia of the county, and all military mattes therein. Lords lieutenant are supposed to have been introduced about the reign of Henry VIII., for they are mentioned as … sovereign the names of deputy-lieutenants, who are to be selected from the best gentry in the county, and act in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant. Their jurisdiction and privileges in relation to the militia, yeomanry, and
Extinguishment
an inchoate right would become established by prescription. (3) Extinguishment of copyhold. When a tenant conveyed to his lord, or did an act denoting his intention of not holding of his lord any longer, his copyhold was
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Master of the Rolls
Master of the Rolls subsequently became a judge of the Court of Chancery, who ranked next to the Lord Chancellor, and had the keeping of the rolls and grants which passed the Great Seal, and the records … they were signed by the Lord Chancellor, 3 Geo. 2, c. 30. This judge, by the (English) Jud. Act, 1881, s. 2 [see now Jud. (English) Act, 1925, s. 6 (2)], now sits in the (English) Court
Commissioners for Oaths
The Masters in Chancery were succeeded by solicitors under 16 & 17 Vict. c. 78, appointed by the Lord Chancellor, the fee being one shilling and sixpence. The (English) Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889 (52 & 53
Appeal
of Appeal (see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 27), from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords (see s. 3 of the (English) Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, c. 59), from the Petty Sessions to Quarter
Suit
1925, s. 225, suit includes action. (2) Suit of Court, an attendance which a tenant owes to his lord's Court. (3) Suit Covenant, where one has covenanted to do suit and service in his lord's Court. (4) … Suit, a following. It is used in divers senses:- (1) An action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution;
Serjeant
Designate has taken the degree, which, however, has never been formally abolished. See Pulling's Law of the Coif. Lord Lindley, d. 1921, was the last surviving Serjeant-at-Law. (2) Serjeants-at-arms, officers attending the sover-eign's person to arrest individuals … Courts were formerly required to take or to have taken the degree of Serjeant-at-law; but by the Judicature Act, 1873, s. 8, that requirement is dispensed with in the case of any person appointed a judge of
Lords Justices of Appeal
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Chief Justice of England
judge in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, and, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, President of the High Court, and also an ex-officio judge of the Court of Appeal (Jud. Act,
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