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mission’, As a Court of Common Law it is composed of
a Chief Justice and two Puisne Justices, who exercise a
jurisdiction similar to that enjoyed by the old Courts of
Queen's Bench and Common Pleas.
Jurisdiction in Equity belongs to the Master of the Rolls*
and to the Vice-Chancellor®, who act also as Puisne Judges
on the Common law side of the Supreme Court. An appeal
in Equity lies to the Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls
and the Vice-Chancellor®. Except when sitting in the Court
of Appeal the Chief Justice has no equity jurisdiction.
The Master of the Rolls as such has similar powers to
those formerly enjoyed by the Master of the Rolls in
England ®, and the Vice-Chancellor as such has co-ordinate
jurisdiction ®,
The Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls and the
Vice-Chancellor act as a Court of Appeal in Chancery’, and
all right of appeal to the Lieutenant-Governor as Chancellor
has been taken away®

NorTH-WEST TERRITORIES.

The Supreme Court consists of five Puisne Judges, each Supreme
of whom is required to reside at such place in the territories Court:
as the Governor in Council directs. A judge usually exercises
jurisdiction within the district in which he resides, and is
invested with all the powers of the Court other than those
usually exercised by a Court sitting in banc.
The Court possesses the same powers as the Court of Jurisdic
Queen’s Bench of Manitoba, and has all the powers vested tion.
in the Stipendiary Magistrates on the 2nd June 1886.
1 Bee ante, p. 32.
3P.E.L 32 Vic. c. 4.
5 P. EB. L 11 Vic. ¢. 6.
7 Ib. P. E. 1. 46 Vic. c. 6.
9 R. 8. C.c. 50, ss, 41-45.