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Recorder, in municipal boroughs having a separate Court of Quarter Sessions, a barrister of five years' standing at least, appointed by the Crown, holding office during good behaviour, and receiving 'such yearly salary not exceeding that stated in the petition on which the grant of a separate Court of Quarter Sessions was made,' as the sovereign directs. He is sole judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions, 'having cognizance of all crimes, offences, and matters cognizable by Courts of Quarter Sessions in England,' except that he may not grant licences or hear licensing appeals under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Acts, or levy rates (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, ss. 162, 165). He may appoint as 'deputy recorder' a barrister of five years' standing, in case of sickness or unavoidable absence, and an 'assistant recorder' if it appears that the Quarter Sessions are likely to last more than three days (ibid., s. 168), as amended by the Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act (23 & 24 Geo....
Recorder of London
Recorder of London, one of the justices of oyer and terminer, and a justice of the peace of the quorum for putting the laws in execution for the preservation of the peace and government of the city. Being the mouth of the city, he delivers the sentences and judgments of the Court therein, and also certifies and records the city customs, etc. He is chosen by the lord mayor and aldermen, and attends the business of the city when summoned by the lord mayor, etc.; but by the Local Government Act, 1888, s. 42, sub-s. 14, after the vacancy next after the commencement of that Act, which vacancy happened in 1892 by the death of Sir Thomas Chambers, no Recorder may exercise any judicial functions unless he be appointed by the sovereign to exercise such functions....
county recorder's court
county recorder's court often cap C&R&C : a court of limited jurisdiction in several counties in Georgia ...
recorder
recorder 1 : a judge of a municipal court 2 : a public officer charged with making a record of writings or transactions (as conveyances) [a of deeds] ...
Record
Record, a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and a Record Office established by the (English) Public Record Office Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 94). The (English) Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902.There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) judicial, as an attainder; (2) ministerial, on oath, being an office or inquisition found; (3) by way of conveyance, as a deed enrolled. As to ancient public records generally, see Hubback on Succession, pp. 607 et seq.The Record Offices of the Supreme Court are now merged in the Central Office there. See (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI.Also the general name given to (a) pleadings and subsequent orders and recorded matters in an action (by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI. R. 30, the par...
Court of record
Court of record, a court of record envelops all such powers whose acts and proceedings are to be enrolled in a perpetual memorial and testimony. A court of record is undoubtedly a superior court which is itself competent to determine the scope of its jurisdiction, M.M. Thomas v. State of Kerala, (2000) 1 SCC 666.In relation to any matter, means the court to which proceedings with respect to the matter are allocated or transferred, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(2), para 747, p. 405.Members of the State judiciary below the High Court are subordinate to the High Court and the control over the district courts and court subordinate thereto is vested in it, Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. H, 6th Edn., p. 286.Although the Supreme Court as the final appellate court, can revise the decisions of the High Court, the High Courts are not administratively subordinate to the Supreme Court, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. H, 6th Edn., p. 233.Means the cou...
record
record 1 : to put in a record 2 : to deposit or otherwise cause to be registered in the appropriate office as a record and notice of a title or interest in property [ a deed] [ a mortgage] see also recording act 3 : to cause (as sound, images, or data) to be registered on something in reproducible form [ a telephone conversation] vi : to record something [re-kərd] n 1 : the documentary account of something [confidential medical s]: as a : an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer b : an official copy of a document deposited with a designated officer c : the official set of papers used and generated in a proceeding [the appeals court reviewed the trial ] d : documented evidence or history of one or more arrests or convictions see also business records exception, public records exception 2 : something (as a disc or tape) on which images, sound, or data has been recorded of record 1 : on the record of the court in connection with a particul...
Public records
Public records, includes:(i) any document, manuscript and file,(ii) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document,(iii) any reproduction of images embodied is such microfilm (whether enlarged or not), and(iv) any other material produce by a computer or by any other device, of any records creating agency. [Maharashtra Public Records Act, 2005, s. 2(g)]Public records, includes:(i) any document, manuscript and file;(ii) any microfilm microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;(iii) any reproduction of images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and(iv) any other material produced by a computer or by any other device of any records creating agency. [Public Records Act, 1993 (69 of 1993), s. 2 (e)]The general Records of the Realm are in the custody of the Master of the Rolls (see RECORD), and may be proved by a copy purporting to be carried by the deputy keeper of these Records [see the (English) Public Record Office Acts, 1838-1898]. As to public documents, s...
Record, Courts of
Record, Courts of, those whose judicial acts and proceedings are enrolled on parchment, for a perpetual memorial and testimony; which rolls are called the Records of the Court, and are of such high and supereminent authority that their truth is not to be called in question. Courts of Record are of two classes-Superior and Inferior. Superior Courts of Record include the House of Lords, the Judicial Committee, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and a few others. The Mayor's Court of London, the County Courts, Coroner's Courts, and others are Inferior Courts of Record, of which the County Courts are the most important. Every superior Court of record has authority to fine and imprison for contempt of its authority; an inferior court of record can only commit for contempts committed in open court, in facie curi'. See Co. Litt. 117 b, 260 a; Odgers on the Common Law; Odgers on Libel....
Any mistake apparent from record
Any mistake apparent from record, cannot be defined scientifically, precisely or exhaustively and should be determined in the light of the fact and circum-stances of each case. It is well-settled that an error can be said to be an error apparent on the face of the record, if it is patent, manifest or self-evident. If one has to travel beyond the record to see whether the judgment or order is correct or not, the error cannot be described as an error apparent on the face of record, M. Ahammedkutty Haji v. Tahasildar Kozhikode, Kerala, (2005) 3 SCC 351.Means an error can be said to be an error apparent on the face of record, if it is patent, manifest or self-evident. If one has to travel beyond the record to see whether the judgment or order is correct or not, the error cannot be described as an error apparent, on the face of the record, M. Ahamadekutty Haji v. Tahsildar, (2005) 3 SCC 351 (359). [Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975 (7 of 1975), s. 15(1)]...
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