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COURT CHANCERY [4 records]

Record 1 2014-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • The Judiciary (Public Administration)
DEF

A court of equity.

CONT

Any party to be examined orally under this Act shall be so examined by or before a judge ... a master in chancery, a clerk of the Crown or a special examiner of the court in which the election petition is pending ...

OBS

The term "chancery" is derived from the court of the Lord Chancellor, the original English court of equity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Structures du pouvoir judiciaire (Admin. publ.)
CONT

Toute partie à interroger oralement pour l'application de la présente loi, doit être ainsi interrogée par ou devant un juge [...] un conseiller maître de la chancellerie, un greffier de la Couronne ou un commissaire-enquêteur spécial du tribunal devant lequel cette pétition d'élection est en cours [...]

OBS

Au Moyen Âge, le roi avait le pouvoir d'infirmer les décisions des tribunaux pour des motifs d'equity et il a commencé à renvoyer les requêtes qui lui étaient présentées dans le cadre de l'exercice de ce pouvoir discrétionnaire au chancelier qui, à cette fin, a établi la Cour de la chancellerie.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
DEF

the court of equity which was presided over by the Lord Chancellor, assisted by the Master of the Rolls and judges of first instance known as Vice-Chancellors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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