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113: 148:. Because of their historical origins, these courts were to some extent in competition, especially as their respective judges and officers lived on the fees deriving from them. Given that travel to 179:) that day the case was heard at assize in the claimant's county. After trial at the assizes, the case could be referred back to the original court, from where there was a possibility of further 232:
was, before the Judicature Acts, the name of the formal copy of proceedings showing the history of the case up to the time of trial. After the trial it was endorsed with the
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of actions. By a resolution passed by the judges of the King's Bench Division in 1894 it was declared of the utmost importance that there should be at least three courts of
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translates as "if not sooner" or "if not before" in addition to "unless first": when the action was started in London, the
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nuisance, who just now is rather rife, the judicial humorist—I've got him on the list!"
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After the reform of the common law courts in 1873, actions were only said to be tried at
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record in civil actions, the nearest approach to it being the deposit of copies of the
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causes, one for common jury causes, and one for causes without juries.
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was an onerous burden during the medieval period, however, the
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Glesson, T. (2006). "Curtmantle - the common law king".
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and in the early twentieth century for actions tried at
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Nisi Prius
/ˈnsˈprəs/
English law
legal actions
King's Bench Division
assize
commission

Judicature Act 1873
common law
Westminster Hall
Court of Common Pleas
Court of Exchequer
King's Bench
London
Statute of Westminster II
trial
of fact
sheriff
jurors
appeal
Court of Exchequer Chamber
trial
legal year
jury
judgment
statements of case
master
Gilbert and Sullivan
comic opera

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