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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.