Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

COURT OF RECORD

COURT OF SWEINMOTE

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X)fineand imprison for contempt of its au thority. 3 Steph. Comm. 383; 3 Bl. Comm. 24. A court which has jurisdiction to fine and im prison, or one having jurisdiction of civil causes above forty shillings, and proceeding according to {he course of the common law. 37 Me. 29. A judicial organized tribunal having attributes and exercising functions independently of the per son of the magistrate designated generally to hold it, and proceeding according to the course of the common law. Bouvier. Courts not of record are those of inferior dignity, which have no power to fine or im prison, and in which the proceedings are not enrolled or recorded. 3 Steph. Comm. 384. C O U R T OF REGARD. In English law. One of the forest courts, in England, held every third year, for the lawing or ex peditation of dogs, to prevent them from Tunning after deer. It is now obsolete. 3 Steph. Comm. 440; 3 Bl. Comm. 71, 72. COURTS OF REQUEST. Inferior courts, in England, having local jurisdiction in claims for small debts, established in vari ous parts of the kingdom by special acts of parliament. They were abolished in 1846, and the modern county courts (q. v.) took their place. 3 Steph. Comm. 283. COURT OF SESSION. The name of the highest court of civil jurisdiction in Scot land. It was composed of fifteen judges, now of thirteen. It sits in two divisions. The lord president and three ordinary lords form the first division; the lord justice clerk and three other ordinary lords form the second divis ion. There are five permanent lords ordi nary attached equally to both divisions; the last appointed of whom officiates on the bills, *. e., petitions preferred to the court during the session, and performs the other duties of junior lord ordinary. The chambers of the parliament house in which the first and sec ond divisions hold their sittings are called the "inner house;" those in which the lords ordinary sit as single judges to hear motions and causes are collectively called the "outer house." The nomination and appointment of the judges is in the crown. Wharton. COURT OF SESSIONS. Courts of criminal jurisdiction existing in California, New York, and one or two other of the United States.

tice among the miners and tinners, and tha«- they may not be drawn away from their busi ness to attend suits in distant courts. The stannary court is a court of record, with a special jurisdiction. 3 Bl. Comm. 79. COURT OF STAR CHAMBER. This was an English court of very ancient origin, but new-modeled by St. 3 Hen.VII. c. 1, and 21 Hen. VIII. c. 20, consisting of divers lords, spiritual and temporal, being privy councillors, together with two judges of the courts of common law, without the interven tion of any jury. The jurisdiction extended legally over riots, perjury, misbehavior of sheriffs, and other misdemeanors contrary to the laws of the land; yet it was afterwards sti etched to the asserting of all proclamations and orders of state, to the vindicating of ille gal commissions and grants of monopolies; holding for honorable that which it pleased, and for just that which it profited, and be coming both a court of law to determine civil rights and a court of revenue to enrich the tieasury. It was finally abolished by St. 16 Car. I. c. 10, to the general satisfaction of the whole nation. Brown. COURT OF THE STEWARD AND MARSHAL. A high court, formerly held in England by the steward and marshal of the king's household, having jurisdiction of all actions against the king's peace within the bounds of the household for twelve miles, which circuit was called the "verge." Crabb, Eng. Law, 185. It had also jurisdiction of actions of debt and covenant, where both the parties were of the household. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 235, 247. COURT OF THE STEWARD OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD. In En glish law. A court which had jurisdiction of all cases of treason, misprision of trea son, murder, manslaughter, bloodshed, and other malicious strikings whereby blood is shed, occurring in or within the limits of any of the palaces or houses of the king, or any other house where the royal person is abiding. It was created by statute 33 Hen. VIH. c. 12, but long since fell into disuse. 4 Bl. Comm. 276, 277, and notes. COURT OF SURVEY. Acourt for the hearing of appeals by owners or masters of ships, from orders for the detention of unsafe ships, made by the English board of trade, under the merchant shipping act, 1876, § 6. COURT OF SWEINMOTE. In old English law. One of the forest courts, hav

COURT OF STANNARIES. In En glish law. A court established in Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of jus

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