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An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Eleventh Year of His present Majesty's Reign, [al] intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of so much of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, [am] as relates to the repairing the Road from Cramond Bridge to the Town of Queensferry, in ...
Early federal and state civil procedure in the United States was rather ad hoc and was based on traditional common law procedure but with much local variety. There were varying rules that governed different types of civil cases such as "actions" at law or "suits" in equity or in admiralty; these differences grew from the history of "law" and "equity" as separate court systems in English law.
The Federal Equity Rules were court rules that, until 1938, governed civil procedure in suits of equity in federal courts.. The Rules were established by the United States Supreme Court which was authorized by the United States Congress to make rules governing the form of mesne process, form and mode of proceeding in suits of equity [1] and the power to proscribe form of process, mode of ...
Civil and criminal cases are usually heard in different courts. In jurisdictions based on English common-law systems, the party bringing a criminal charge (in most cases, the state) is called the "prosecution", but the party bringing most forms of civil action is the " plaintiff " or " claimant ".
(Clerk of market of King's house) c. 4 The duty of a clerk of the market of the King^s house. — repealed by Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 59) (Jurisdiction of admiral and deputy) c. 5 With what things the admiral and his deputy shall meddle. — repealed by Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (42 & 43 ...
Crown Debts Act 1275 [6] c. 19 A Sheriff having received the King's Debt, shall discharge the Debtor. — repealed by Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 59) (Trespassers in parks and ponds) c. 20 Offences committed in Parks and Ponds.
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (Full text ) restored the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate to the line of succession—in reverse order from their positions in the 1792 act—and placed them ahead of the members of the Cabinet, who are positioned once more in the order of the establishment of their department ...
Damages on Writ Dower Act 1235 [3] c. 1 A Woman shall recover Damages in a Writ of Dower. — repealed for England and Wales by Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 59) and for Scotland and Northern Ireland by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c.