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Queen's Remembrancer, an officer on the revenue side of the Court of Exchequer. See the (English) Queen's Remembrancer Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 21), and the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104). He became an officer of the Supreme Court by the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 77....
Remembrancer
Remembrancer, an officer of the Exchequer. See QUEEN'S REMEMBRANCER; now KING'S....
Revenue
Revenue, income, annual profit received from land or other funds; also money at the disposal of the Crown, i.e., the executive. The chief sources are (1) Crown property, surrendered to the nation; (2) taxation--income tax, death duties, customs and excise, stamp duties; (3) certain managed enter-prises, such as the Post Office, and Lands, Woods and Forests and miscellaneous holdings such as shares in the Suez Canal, and other profits or fiscal prerogatives of the Crown.See Halsb. Encycl. Laws of England, tit. 'Revenue'; Chitty's Statutes, tits. 'Customs,' 'Property Tax,' 'Death Duties,' 'Stamps,' and 'Revenue.'Revenue causes were peculiarly within the province of the court of Exchequer; the practice of which Court in matters of revenue was regulated by the Queen's Remembrancer Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 21), ss. 9 et seq., and the Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104).The jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer was transferred to the High Court of Justice ((English) Jud. Act, 18...
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