Admiralty 
Court. 
Probate 
Court. 
Divorce 
Court. 
Supreme 
Cort. 
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THE PROVINCIAL JUDICATURE. 
The Courts have jurisdiction in appeals from Justices, 
Stipendiary Magistrates, City and Municipal Courts. 
The Admiralty Court exercises jurisdiction in all Ad- 
miralty matters, 
Probate Court. This Court has jurisdiction in all matters 
relating to the probates of wills and the administration of 
agtates ! 
Court of Matrimonial Causes and Divorce. This Court is 
presided over by the Equity Judge and has jurisdiction over 
all matters relating to prohibited marriages and divorce; an 
appeal lying to the Supreme Court in banc’. 
The Supreme Court. The Supreme Court resembles in 
organization and jurisdiction the Supreme Court of Judi- 
cature in England. It is composed of a Chief Justice and 
six Puisne Judges. Circuits of the Court are held twice 
a year in each county and extra sittings are in the summer 
held in certain towns. 
The Court is invested with the powers that were formerly 
exercised by the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas, 
Chancery and Exchequer in England and also with all the 
powers, except those relating to Probate and Surrogate 
Courts, that are now exercised in England by the Supreme 
Court of Judicature® 
It also exercises an appellate jurisdiction in cases from 
County Courts. 
NEw BRUNSWICK. 
Justices. 
Justices’ Civil Courts. Justices of the Peace have in the 
Counties in which they reside and for which they have been 
appointed Justices, jurisdiction in the following actions: 
1 N. 8., R. 8. 1884, e. 100. 
2 N. 8., R. 8. 1873, e. 126, 8. 10, N. 8. 49 Vic. c. 49. 
2 N. S., BR. 8. ¢, 104.