QUEBEC. 
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ds, 
building or repairing churches, parsonages or churchyard, 
damages caused by animals, disputes between masters and 
servants in the county, seamen’s wages, claims of pa nor 
against pawnbrokers, and other matters specified in sp 
statutes? 
Turisdieti ery Recorder's 
The Recorder's Court has Jurisdiction for the recovery Zp 
of certain municipal claims and in disputes between e 
te 
and lessees, and between master and servan | 
arisdicti i ted Trinity 
Trinity House exercises jurisdiction in a comnecte Doni 
with the shores of the St Lawrence and of the rivers on 2 
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into it, and also with regard to the wages and indemniti 
due to pilots? 3 
Commissioner's Court. This Court is held before one or Los 
more unpaid Commissioners in such parishes, townships, or Court. 
, : olin 
°xtra-parochial places as may be appointed by the Lieutena; 
Governor. So 
The Court has an ultimate jurisdiction. 
(@) in all suits purely personal or relating to moveable 
Property, which arise from contract, where the sum or value 
demanded does not exceed 25 dollars and the debtor resides 
in the locality of the Court, or if the debtor resides in the 
same district and within five leagues and the debt has been 
contracted in the locality, or if the debtor resides in another 
locality where no court is held; suits for slander, assault 
and battery, recovery of any fine or penalty, and suits relating 
bo civil status, paternity or seduction, excepted *; 
(6) in suits for the recovery of assessments not ex- 
ceeding 25 dollars imposed for the building of churches, 
barsonages, and churchyards. 
Circuit Courts. The Circuit Court is held before one circuit 
judge of the Superior Court in each judicial district and in court, 
such of those counties (with certain exceptions) in which the tion. 
" Civil Code, Art. 1216. 2 Ib, Art. 1217. 8 Ib, 1218, 
4 Th. Arts, 1188, 1189.