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

Collection:: Economics Books

104 THE PROVINCIAL JUDICATURE. the Central Judicial District, and at Brandon for the Western Judicial District, As a Court of Appeal the Queen’s Bench hears appeals on points of law from County Courts®; appeals from the decision of an election judge on any question of law or facts®; appeals from a judge in chambers* and from the Surrogate Courts ®, Brrrisa COLUMBIA. Small Debts Court. Actions in which the sum demanded Joes not exceed $100 may be tried before a stipendiary or a police magistrate ®. County County Courts. Six County Courts have been es- Court. tablished under the 46 Vic. ¢. 5. They exercise jurisdiction in all civil causes up to $1000 and in equity up to $2500, and are invested with the powers of a Court of Probate. An appeal on points of law lies to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court. By a commission dated the 2nd Sept. 1858, Her Majesty appointed Matthew Baillie Begbie to be a judge of the Colony of British Columbia with full power to hold Courts of Judicature and to administer justice. Governor Carleton on his arrival issued a pro- clamation which had the force of law declaring that the Court held before Judge Begbie should be known as the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Columbia and ordained that the Court should be invested with “complete cognizance of all pleas whatsoever” and “with jurisdiction in all cases civil as well as criminal arising within the Colony.” Previous to this an order in Council dated the 4th April 1856. had constituted a Supreme Court for Vancouver's Supreme Court. 1 M. 48 Vic. ¢. 16. 3 Ib. c. 4, 8. 93. 5 M. 44 Vie. c. 28, gs. 128, 2 (0. 8. Man. e. 34, 5. 206. 4 Tb. ec. 31, 8. 24. 8 B. C. 49 Vie. c. 6.

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