The Constitution of Canada

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Identifikator:: 1895543282

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-242408

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Author:: Munro, Joseph Edwin Crawford http://d-nb.info/gnd/1113111038

Title:: The Constitution of Canada

Place of publication:: Cambridge

Publisher:: Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1889

Scope:: XXXVI, 356 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter X. The Provincial Judicature

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ONTARIO. 35 the same authority as a County Court Judge regarding the ase of the Court-house or other buildings for the adminis- Sration of justice. Heir and Devisee Commission. This Commission con- Heir and sists of the Judges of the Superior Courts and of such other Poston persons as may be appointed under the Great Seal. The sion duties of the Court, which may be held by three Com- missioners, are to ascertain, determine and declare who is the party in whose favour whether as heir, devisee or assign, she patent ought to issue for the lands which form the subject matter of the claim brought before the Commission *, Supreme Court of Judicature. In 1881 the separate Courts of Appeal, Queen's Bench, Chancery and Common Pleas were consolidated into one Court called the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario This Supreme Court was divided into two divisions, (1) the Court of Appeal, and (2) the High Court of Justice. The High Court is divided into three Divisions, the 1. The Queen’s Bench Division, the Common Pleas Division and mr the Chancery Division, presided over by the Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and the Chancellor respectively. Sittings of the High Court for the trial of causes and Assizes. matters are held twice a vear in each county or union of ounties. The High Court possesses all the powers and jurisdiction that were on the 5th Dec. 1859 enjoyed by the Superior Courts of Common Law in England; and on its Equity side it possesses in regard to fraud, accident, trusts, executors and administrators, partnership, account, mortgages, awards, dower, infants, idiots, lunatics, waste, specific performance, discovery, letters patent, and multiplicity of suits, powers similar to those exercised by the Court of Chancery in 0. R. 8. 1887, ¢. 27. 2 0, 44 Vie. c. 5.

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