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 | | In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity. | | | Act, And, At, Became, But, Chancery, Chiefly, Court, Division, England, Equity, Exercises, Exercising, Formerly, High, Highest, In, It, Judicature, Jurisdiction, Justice, Law, Next, Now, Of, Only, Parliament, Proceeding, States, The, To, Under, Unites | | | In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity. |
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http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/ch/chancery142798.html
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| Â | JUDICATURE ACTS - LoveToKnow Article on JUDICATURE ACTS |
| | The chancery division still remains distinct from the common law division, having a certain range of legal questions under its exclusive control, and possessing to a certain extent a peculiar machinery of its own for carrying its decrees into execution. | | | In the chancery division there are of course no pleadings in those matters which by the rules can be disposed of by summons in chambers instead of by ordinary suit as formerly. | | | By the act o 1873 the court of chancery, the court of queens (kings) bench, the court of common pleas, the court of exchequer, the high court of admiralty, the court of probate and the court of divorce and matrimonial causes were consolidated into one Supremei Court of Judicature (sec. |
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http://97.1911encyclopedia.org/J/JU/JUDICATURE_ACTS.htm
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| Â | Bora Laskin Law Library - Guide to Legal Research - British Legal Resources |
| | The jurisdiction of the Queen's Bench Division is wider than that of Chancery and Family and includes tort, contract, commercial and criminal matters, contentious probate, and admiralty. | | | The Chancery Division exercises jurisdiction over administration of estates, redemption and foreclosure of mortgages, rectification and cancellation of deeds, specific performance of contracts for the sale or lease of interests in land, winding-up of companies, bankruptcy, landlord and tenant disputes, and contentious probate matters. | | | The Supreme Court (or the High Court of Justice) was composed of five divisions (Chancery, Common Pleas, Exchequer, Queen's Bench and Probate, Admiralty and Divorce). |
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http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/resguide/chapt5.htm
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| Â | Tod HALL v. PULASKI COUNTY CHANCERY COURT, Seventh Division,... |
| | The juvenile division of the chancery court shall be a trial court with original and exclusive jurisdiction in the counties in which it sits, of... | | | § 9-10-101(a)(2) for exclusive jurisdiction to reside in chancery court, and even though the chancery court retained jurisdiction to modify and enforce the rights of the parties to the divorce, there were insufficient grounds to find exclusive jurisdiction in chancery court; jurisdiction appropriately lay in chancery court, juvenile division. | | | (a)(1) The chancery court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile division of chancery court in cases and matters relating to paternity. |
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http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/old/95-80A.html
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| Â | Chancery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Chancery Division is one of the three divisions of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales | | | The High Court of Chancery was the court that developed from the Lord Chancellor's jurisdiction. | | | The High Court of Chancery was merged with the common law courts in 1873, and common law judges given the power to administer equity. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancery
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| Â | Probert Encyclopaedia: Money (E) |
| | The equity business of the Exchequer was transferred to the Court of Chancery in 1842, and in 1873 became the Exchequer division of the High Court of Justice. | | | The Exchequer Court was established during the reign of Henry I to deal with questions of finance. | | | The exchequer (or Treasury) is a government department dealing with State finance. |
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http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/J4.HTM
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| Â | LexisNexis® Butterworths The Law reports |
| | The Law Reports cover The House of Lords and Privy Council, The Court of Appeal, Chancery Division, Family Division and Queen's Bench Division, as well as the EAT and the ECJ. | | | The Law Reports, as published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales, with the full archive of all divisions from 1865. | | | Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal require that where a case has been reported in the official Law Reports it must be cited from that source. |
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http://chamberlainhtml.butterworths.co.uk/lawreports/about_us.htm
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| Â | Chancery Court Home Page |
| | The Chancery Court handles equity cases involving domestic and family matters such as divorce, child custody and support, property division, adoptions, and all related issues. | | | The Chancery Court has always been the separate court of equity (as distinguished from the law court circuit) in Mississippi, and the Chancellor generally hears cases without a jury. | | | In the 63 counties having no Family or County Court, the Chancery Court either hears all youth court proceedings or appoints a Youth Court Referee (Judge) to do so. |
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http://www.co.jackson.ms.us/DS/ChanceryCourts.html
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| | "(c) Chancery Courts shall have the power to terminate parental rights in matters properly before the Chancery Court, except when the parties to the Chancery Court action are also parties to a Juvenile Division of Chancery Court action, then the Juvenile Division for the Chancery Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over termination of parental rights. | | | In all proceedings involving the termination of parental rights before the chancery court, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the best interest of the juvenile and to advocate for the juvenile's articulated wishes. | | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. |
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http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/ACTS/1995/HTM/1016.htm
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| | Paragraph (1) and (2) of this rule apply to all mortgage actions, whether brought in the Chancery Division or Queen's Bench Division and whether the mortgage moneys are secured on land or other property. | | | It is only in proceedings in the Chancery Division that the special protection afforded to defendants by Rules 4, 5 and 6(3) and (4) is available. | | | (ii) the form of order for payment and possession in the Kings's Bench Division failed to indicate to the defendant mortgagor that upon payment he was, or might be, entitled to relief against the order for possession. |
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http://www.home-repo.org/documents/natwest_v_kitch.doc
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| Â | THE ADMIRALTY EXAMINER |
| | It must be noted that Examiners had been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to perform the duties formerly performed by the Chancery Examiners, and to take examinations in actions in the Kings Bench Division. | | | The powers of Examiners were not affected by the rules contained in the schedule to the Judicature Act, 1875, whereby the High Court of Admiralty became part of the High Court of Justice. | | | These officials did not however act as Examiners in Admiralty actions. |
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| Â | Learning and Informations Services |
| | Chancery Division, Family Division, Probate Selected full text : 1865 - | | | Chancery Division, Family Division, Probate Selected full text: 1865 - |
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http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/law/lawreports.htm
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| | 1972 - present From 1973 - present Family Division reports are bound with Law Reports: Chancery. | | | Law Reports: Probate and Divorce and Law Reports: Probate Division | | | Law Reports Exchequer Division (L.R.Ex.D) Vols 1 - 5 1875 - 1880 |
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http://www.bristollawsociety.com/bls/lib_reports.asp
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| Â | A guide to Legal Literature |
| | They have appeared in a variety of series but there are currently four sets named Appeal Cases, Queens Bench, Chancery, and Family Division. | | | These semi-official reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting cover cases from 1865 to the present day. |
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http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/publications/leaflets/ll19.asp
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| Â | Wellington District Law Society |
| | Law Reports Chancery and Probate Divisions and Court of Bankruptcy Ireland | | | Common Bench Reports New Series See English Reports | | | Queens Bench Reports (Adolphus and Ellis New Series) See English Reports |
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| Â | Info about - Court of Appeal Civil division - the court of appeal |
| | Born 20 January 1941; Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) 1966; a Recorder 1990-91; QC 1980; Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Guernsey and Jersey 1986-93; High Court Judge (Chancery Division) 1991-97; Chancery Supervising Judge (Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff) 1995-97; Lord Justice of Appeal 1997- ; Treasurer, Inner Temple, 2004. | | | Born 8 December 1937; Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) 1962; a Recorder, 1989-91; QC 1979; Attorney-General of Duchy of Lancaster 1989-91; High Court Judge (Chancery Division) 1991-2000; Vice- Chancellor, County Palatine of Lancaster 1994-98; Lord Justice of Appeal, 2000-. | | | Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
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| | Tennessee’s trial courts include Chancery, Criminal, Circuit and Probate Courts. | | | Probate matters are filed in Chancery Court and criminal matters are filed in Circuit Court. | | | All civil cases, both Circuit and Chancery, are also divided into Part 1 and Part 2. |
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http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/williamson/live/info.asp?page_m=1499&page_s=1484
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| Â | Combined Index to All the British Studies Finding Guides in the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries |
| | Division I, Chancery: Cases Determined by the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, and by | | | the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, and by the Court of Appeal on Appeal from the Chancery Division and the Chief Judge, and in Lunacy (1875-92), Law-19 | | | King's Bench Division, and on Appeal Therefrom in the Court of Appeal and Decision in the Court of |
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| | Reports of judgments given in the Chancery Division (Ch) of the High Court of England and Wales and in the Court of Appeal on appeal from that Division. | | | Reports of judgments given in the Family Division (Fam) of the High Court of England and Wales and in the Court of Appeal on appeal from that Division. | | | Reports of judgments given in the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division (PDA) of the High Court of England and Wales and in the Court of Appeal on appeal from that Division. |
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http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/printerfriendly.htm?theURL=/nuls/lectures/legwrit/app1.htm
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| Â | JUDICATURE ACTS - LoveToKnow Article on JUDICATURE ACTS |
| | The high court, therefore, now consists of the chancery division, the common law division, under the name of the kings bench division; and the probate, divorce and admiralty division. | | | By the act o 1873 the court of chancery, the court of queens (kings) bench, the court of common pleas, the court of exchequer, the high court of admiralty, the court of probate and the court of divorce and matrimonial causes were consolidated into one Supremei Court of Judicature (sec. | | | To the kings bepch division is also attached, by order of the lord chancellor (Jan. I, 1884), the business of the London court of bankruptcy. |
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http://97.1911encyclopedia.org/J/JU/JUDICATURE_ACTS.htm
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| Â | Encyclopedia: High Court of England and Wales |
| | The High Court is split into three divisions, the Queen's Bench Division, the Chancery Division and the Family Division. | | | In addition, the Divisional Court of the Division hears appeals on points of law from magistrates' courts and from Crown courts which have heard appeals from magistrates' courts (see UK Court System for an explanation of these courts). | | | Sub-divisions of the Queen's Bench Division include the Commercial Court, the Admiralty Court and the Administrative Court (where claims for judicial review are heard). |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/High-Court-of-England-and-Wales
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| Â | Lord Chancellor |
| | He is President of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, which comprises the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice and the Crown court), as well as President of the Chancery division of the High Court. | | | The job of presiding over and administering each court from day to day is in reality left to the Senior Law Lord (House of Lords), the Master of the Rolls (Court of Appeal Civil division), the Lord Chief Justice (Court of Appeal Criminal division) and the Vice Chancellor (High Court Chancery division). | | | In total there are 347 current Acts of Parliament that refer specifically to the Lord Chancellor, ranging from the Treason Act 1351 to the Finance Act 2003. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/l/lo/lord_chancellor.html
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| | Appeals from the Appellate Division are taken to the Court of Appeals, the State's highest court. | | | The former Court of Chancery was abolished and the Supreme Court of Judicature was reorganized and replaced by a new Supreme Court that became the State's highest court of original, unlimited jurisdiction in both law and equity. | | | In civil cases originating in the Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, and Court of Claims, most orders, judgments, and decrees are appealable to the Appellate Division as of right, as are dispositional orders of the Family Court. |
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http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/ad2/aboutthecourt.shtml
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| | It was held in the Chancery Division today that irrespective of how a trustee arrived at an investment decision, the beneficicaries of a trust did not have a claim against him unless they could establish that the decision was one that no reasonable trustee would have reached. | | | It has been announced that Dame Mary Arden, who is currently a judge assigned to the Chancery Division, is to be appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal. | | | Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, President, so held in the Family Division when granting consent for two women in a persistent vegatative state to be allowed to die. |
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http://www.lawtutorsonline.co.uk/newsarchive2000.htm
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| Â | ICLE Books - Guidebook to Chancery Practice in New Jersey |
| | A completely updated comprehensive manual covering everything you need to know about handling cases before the Chancery Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey. | | | Topics include: equitable maxims, defenses, and remedies; effects of filing in chancery; chancery proceedings; misfiling in general equity; selected New Jersey statutes and Rules of Court; foreclosure Rules and Statute; probate Rules; table of summary proceedings by Statute and Court Rule; and more. | | | New edition features optional CD-ROM with 7 new forms that you can cut and paste into your own documents when instituting chancery actions and procedures. |
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http://www.njicle.com/Catalog/books/chancery_100328.htm
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| Â | PARTITION - LoveToKnow Article on PARTITION |
| | By the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1877, 8, the action for division of common property or commonty is competent in the sheriff court, when the subject in dispute does not exceed in value 50 by tIre year, or 1000 value. | | | In Scotland division of common property is effected either extra-judicially, or by action of declarator and division or division and sale in the court of session, or (to a limited extent) in the sheriff courts. | | | In the reign of Elizabeth the court of chancery began to assume jurisdiction in partition, and the writ of partition, after gradually becoming obsolete, was finally abolished by the Real Property Limitation Act 1833. |
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| Â | High Court of Justice of England and Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The High Court is split into three divisions, the Queen's Bench Division, the Chancery Division and the Family Division. | | | Sub-divisions of the Queen's Bench Division include the Commercial Court, the Admiralty Court and the Administrative Court (where claims for judicial review are heard). | | | High Court of Justice of England and Wales |
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| Â | Court of Appeal of England and Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Any present or former Lord Chancellor may sit in the Court of Appeal (though this appears to have become obsolete), as may the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Family Division and the Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division. | | | The Court is divided into two Divisions: the Civil Division and the Criminal Division. | | | (The mixing of the Court of Appeal and the High Court is permissible since, technically, both are parts of one larger court referred to as the Supreme Court of Judicature. |
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