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Vice-Chancellors in Equity. The first Vice-Chancellor (Sir Thomas Plumer) was appointed by 53 Geo. 3, c. 24, and two more by 5 Vict. c. 5, s. 19. One of them was at one time called Vice-Chancellor of England, the last who bore that title being Sir Lancelot Shadwell. Each Vice-Chancellor st separately from the Lord Chancellor and lords justices, to whom an appeal lay from his decisions. See 14 & 15 Vict. c. 4, and 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, ss. 52-58. They became judges of the High Court of Justice (Jud. Act, 1873, s. 5), retaining their titles, but it was enacted that on the death or retirement of any one of them, his successor should be styled a judge of the High Court (ibid.). Vice-Chancellor Bacon (1870 to 1886) was the last of them. For a complete list of the Equity judges since 1660, see Seton on Judgements. There is also a Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lanca....
Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor [fr. vice-cancellarius, Lat.] a sub-chancellor.A judge appointed to act for chancellor, esp in chancery court, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
vice-chancellor
vice-chancellor 1 : an officer ranking next below a chancellor and serving as deputy 2 : a judge appointed to act for or to assist a chancellor ...
Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the titular heads of those bodies, the office being honorary.The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, by virtue of certain ancient charters confirmed by statute, enjoys the sole jurisdiction (in exclusion of the King Courts) when a scholar or privileged person is the defendant, over all civil actions and suits whatsoever, excepting where a right of freehold is concerned, and of all injuries and trespasses against the peace, mayhem and felony excepted, Brown v. Renouard, (1810) 12 East 12; Thornton v. Ford, (1812) 15 East 634; Ginnett v. Whittingham, (1886) 16 QBD 761; and these he is at liberty to try and determine, either according to the Common Law of the land, or according to the University Statutes and customs, at his discretion. The judge of the Chancellor's Court at Oxford is the Vice-Chancellor, or his deputy. By 5 & 26 Vict. c. 26, amending 17 & 18 Vict. c. 81, s. 45, the Court of the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford is now g...
vice-
vice- : one that takes the place of [vice-chancellor] ...
Enrollment
Enrollment, register, record; writing in which anything is recorded.The act of recording or registering, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 551.By the Statute of Enrolments, 27 Hen. 8, c. 16, now repealed by the (English) L.P. Amendment Act, 1924 (15 Geo. 5, c. 5),Sch. 10, every bargain and sale of a freehold interest was required to be enrolled in Chancery within six [lunar] months after its date.No assurance before 1926 by a tenant-in-tail under the (English) Fines and Recoveries abolition Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74), will have any operation unless enrolled in the Central Office within six calendar months after its execution, which enrolment is sufficient of itself, even where the conveyance was by bargain and sale, within the Statute of Enrolments. This provision did not extend to copyholds, the enrolment then being on the Court-rolls of the manor. By s. 133 the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, enrolment is not required in respect of assurances or instruments executed or ma...
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....
Seal-paper
Seal-paper, a document formerly issued by the Lord Chancellor, previously to the commencement of the sittings, detailing the business to be done for each day in his Court, and in the courts of the Lords Justices and Vice-Chancellors. The Master of the Rolls in like manner issued a seal-paper in respect of the business to be heard before him, Smith's Ch. Pr. 9....
Abbreviator
Abbreviator, is one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; An officer in the court of Rome appointed as assistant to the vice-chancellor for drawing up the Pope's briefs and reducing petitions, when granted into proper form to be converted into papal bulls, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 3....
Equivalent post
Equivalent post, the true criterion for equivalence is the status and the nature and responsibility of the duties attached to the two posts. Although the two posts of Principal and Reader are carried, on the same scale of pay, the post of Principal undoubt-edly has higher duties and responsibilities, Vice Chancellor L.N. Mithila University v. Dayanand Jha, AIR 1986 SC 1200 (1202): (1986) 3 SCC 7. [Bihar State Universities Act, 1976, s. 10(14)]...
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