High Court Of Delegates
English Law: High Court of Delegates in the Past
The name of a court esthlished by stat. 25 Hen. VIII. c. 19, s. 4. No permanent judges are appointed, but in every case of appeal to this court, there issues a special commission, under the great seal of Great Britain (the countries of England, Scotland and Wales) (see more about the British legal system here) , directed to such people as the lord chancellor, lord keeper or lords commissioners of the great seal, for the time being, must think fit to appoint to bear and decide the same. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The people usually appointed, are three puisne judges, one from each court of common law and three or more civilians; but in special cases, a fuller commission is sometimes issued, consisting of spiritual and temporal peers, judges of the common law and civilians, three of each description. if the court being equally divided or no common law judge forming part of the majority, a commission of adjuncts issues, appointing additional judges of the same description. 1 Hagg. Eccl. R. 384; 2 Hagg. Eccl. R. 84; 3 Hagg. Ecel. R. 471; 4 Burr. 2251. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]
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- Partialy, this information about high court of delegates is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including high court of delegates.
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