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Home Dictionary Name: palatineChancery Court of the County Palatine of Durham
Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Durham. A Court possessing an unlimited jurisdiction of the Chancery Division and concurrent with it, within the area of the County Palatine of Durham. Appeals lie to the Court of Appeal, see (English) Palatine Court of Durham Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 47), and Judic. Act, 1925, s. 28 (as to appeals). The Chancellor, appointed by Royal Warrant, is the sole Judge of the Court....
County palatine
County palatine [fr. Palatium, Lat., a court]. There were three of these counties--Chester, Durham, and Lancaster. The two former were such by immemorial custom; the last was created by Edward III. The Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Lancaster had royal power within their respective counties. They could pardon treasons, murders, and felonies; they appointed judges and magistrates; all writs and indictments ran in their names,and offences were said to be done against their peace and not contra pacem domini regis. The (English) Act (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 70), abolished the Court Session of the County Palatine of Chester, and subjected the county in all things to the jurisdiction of the superior Courts at West-minster. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 18, replacing (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 16, the jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster and of the Court of Pleas at Durham is transferred to the High Courtof Justice. But the jurisdiction of the Chancery ...
Durham, County palatine of
Durham, County palatine of. The jurisdiction which was, for a long time, vested in the Bishop of Durham for the time being, was taken from him by 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 19, which is amended by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 45, and vested as a separate franchise and royalty in the Crown.As to the jurisdiction of the Durham Court of Chancery, see these Acts; appeals from the Chancellor of Durham lie to the Court of appeal [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 28]; and as to the Durham Court of Pleas, see 33 Geo. 3, c. 68, and 2 & 3 Vict. c. 16, ss. 4-37, and the (English) Palatine Court of Durham Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 47); the Durham Court of Pleas is now abolished and its jurisdiction transferred to the High Court of Justice [(English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 16]. See also COUNTY PALATINE.The jurisdiction of the Durham Court of Chancery within its territorial limits as coextensive and concurrent with that of the Chancery Division of the High Court; (English) Judic. Act, 1925, s. 18....
Maxillo palatine
Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull as the maxillo palatine process of the maxilla Also used as n...
palatinate
The province or seigniory of a palatine the dignity of a palatine...
Palatine
Palatine, possessing royal privileges. See COUNTY PALATINE....
Palatopterygoid
Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull as the palatopterygoid cartilage or rod from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed...
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an officer before whom, or his Deputy, the court of the Duchy Chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction concerning all mattes of equity relating to lands held of the Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster; which is a thing very distinct from the county palatine (which has also its separate chancery for sealing of writs or the like), and comprises much territory lying at a vast distance from it, as particularly a very large district surrounded by the city of Westminster. This court has been inactive for more than a century. See COUNTY PALATINE....
Chancery Court of Lancaster
Chancery Court of Lancaster. By Royal Charter and by Statute, a court conferred on the County Palatine of Lancaster, having the same and concurrent jurisdiction within its are as the Chancery Division of the High Court, see (English) Chancery of Lancaster Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 23); appeals to the Court of Appeal [ (English) Judic. Act, 1925, s. 28]. The Court is presided over by a Vice-Chancellor appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine....
Duchy Court of Lancaster
Duchy Court of Lancaster, a tribunal of special jurisdiction, held before the chancellor of the duchy or his deputy, concerning all matters of equity relating to lands holden of the Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, but not necessarily in Lancashire, and the Duchy Court which has not been abolished and has not sat for upwards of a century must not be confused with the Chancery Court of County Palatine (q.v.). the proceedings were similar to those on the Equity side of the Courts of Exchequer and Chancery, and the Chancery Court exercised a concurrent jurisdiction with the Duchy Court, so that it seems not to be a Court of Record. See COUNTY PALATINE....
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