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Autretois acquit and autrefois convict

Autretois acquit and autrefois convict, they are pleas which are concerned with the judicial determination of an alleged criminal liability and in the case of conviction

Barons of the Exchequer

Barons of the Exchequer, the judges of the old Court of 'The Exchequer of Pleas' at Westminster. See EXCHEQUER, COURT OF.

Berghmoth, or Berghmote

a hill, and gemote, an assembly], an assembly or Court upon a hill, held in Derbyshire, for deciding pleas and controversies among the miners, Squire on Anglo-Saxon Government.

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Blackstone

Blackstone, William, 1723-80. Judge of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Author of 'Commentaries on the Laws of England,' etc.

Chirograph

and cutting the parchment into two pieces was observed in the chirographer's office of the Court of Common Pleas until those assurances by matter of record were abolished by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3

Exigenter

Exigenter [fr. exigendarius, Lat.], an officer of the Court of Common Pleas, who makes all exigents, proclamations, etc., Cowel.

Chirographer

Chirographer, an officer of the Common Pleas, who kept the fines. Abolished.

Chivalry, Court of

It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or war, as well as pleas of life or member. It also corrected encroachments in matters of coat-armour, precedency, and other distinctions of families.

Cognitionibus mittendis

Cognitionibus mittendis, an abolished writ to a Justice of the Common Pleas, or other who has power to take a fine, who having taken the fine defers to certify it,

Collatione facta uni post mortem alterius

Collatione facta uni post mortem alterius, a writ directed to justices of the Common Pleas, commanding them to direct their writ to a bishop, for the admitting a clerk in the place of

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