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Wales. After Edward I. conquered the Welsh the line of their ancient princes was abolished, and the King of England's eldest son was created their titular prince, and the territory of Wales was then entirely annexed to the British Crown. The Act 27 Hen. 8, c. 26, confirmed by 34 & 35 Hen. 8, c. 36, gave the utmost advancement to their civil prosperity by admitting them to a thorough communion of laws with the subjects of England.By the Wales and Berwick Act, 1746 (20 Geo. 2, c. 42), it is declared that where England only is mentioned in any Act of Parliament, it shall be deemed to comprehend the dominion of Wales and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.By 1 Wm. 4, c. 70, the jurisdiction of the Court of Great Sessions was abolished, and assizes are held in Wales as in England; and by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 11, the manner of assigning sheriffs in Wales is regulated by and assimilated to that of England.Welsh-speaking inspectors of factories, mines, and quarries are required in Wales Factories and Monmou...
Session, Great, of Wales
Session, Great, of Wales, a Court which was abolished by 1 Wm. 4, c. 70; the proceedings now issue out of the Royal Courts of Justice, and two of the judges of the High Court hold the circuits in Wales and Cheshire, as in other English counties.The jurisdiction of the Great Session of Wales, which was first established by Henry VIII., was similar to that of Judges of Assize in England. Latterly it was exercised by two barristers, who sat for eighteen days only, into which period all the litigious business has to be compressed....
Wales, Prince of
Wales, Prince of. See PRINCE OF WALES...
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales, the eldest son of the reigning sovereign, if so created. He is the heir-apparent to the Crown; he is created Earl of Chester, and is Duke of Cornwall by inheritance (during the life of the sovereign), without any new creation. See Letters of Queen Victoria, Sir James Graham to Her Majesty, 6th Dec. 1841. As to rights of the heir-apparent to submarine mines and minerals in Corn wall, see 21 & 22 Vict. c. 109; as to the obligation of his creditors to claim payment of debts within a short period of their being incurred on pain of the debts being barred, see 35 Geo. 3, c. 125....
Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca
Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca. Administered together as a British Colony. See Straits Settlements Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 115)....
Wales, Statute of
Wales, Statute of (12 Edw. 1, A.D.1284), 2 Reeves, c. ix, 95....
Circuits
Circuits (seven eight formerly), certain divisions of England and Wales, appointed for the judges to go formerly twice a year, in the respective vacations after Hilary and Trinity terms, but more recently oftener, and at no precisely fixed periods, to administer justice in the several counties. Two judges, until 1884, attended at each circuit town, when by a new scheme set on foot by the 'Circuits Order' of that year it was arranged that at the majority of the circuit towns one judge only should attend, with the power, however, under Rule 9 of the Order, of requesting one of the judges in London to proceed to any place on circuit in his aid 'in order to enable the judges, as far as possible, to leve no cause untried at any place on any circuit.' The following were the circuits as altered by Order in Council made pursuant to 26 & 27 Vict. c. 122, viz.: (1) Northern; (2) Home; (3) Western; (4) Oxford; (5) Midland; (6) Norfolk; (7) North Wales; and South Wales.By the (English) Judicature ...
Act of Union
Act of Union. The term usually applied to the Union with Scotland Act, 1706 (5 Anne, c. 8); when applied to Wales, refers to 27 Hen. 8, c. 26 (1536), by which Wales was made subject to English law. The Statutum Wallice of 1284 made Wales feudally subject to the King of England, but left the Welsh law unaltered. The Union with Ireland Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 67), is often so called. See Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922....
Local Government
Local Government. That part of the government of the country which, by delegation from the Imperial Government, is conducted the bodies appointed or elected to conduct it within limited areas, as parishes, boroughs, local government districts, poor law unions, petty sessional districts, county boroughs, and counties. See these titles respectively, and COUNTY COUNCIL; DISTRICT COUNCIL; PARISH COUNCIL; and BOROUGH COUNCIL.Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41). The Act established county councils throughout England and Wales, and has been amended and extended by many other Acts.Transfer of Imperial Powers to County Councils.--The (English) Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 15), though permissive only, extended general, tentative, unsued and almost unknown powers of decentralization which had previously been entrusted to the Local Government Board by the (English) Local Government Act, 1888. The (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 7...
Aberfraw
Aberfraw [aber-fraw, Welsh, efflux of the Fraw]. The princely seat of Venedotia (North Wales) was situated where the brook Fraw flows into the sea. Here was erected the Supreme Court of Law for the administration of justice in that part of the principality, Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales....
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