Vide Prerogative Court. … [Read more...]
COURTS OF CONSCIENCE
These were the same as courts of request, (g. v.) This name is also frequently applied to the courts of equity or of chancery, not as a name but as a description. And see CONSCIENCE. … [Read more...]
COURT REPORTER
The person who, in court proceedings, records and prepares a written transcript of the proceedings. See also stenographer. … [Read more...]
COURTS OF PRINCIPALITY OF WALES
A species of private courts of a limited though extensive Jurisdiction, which, upon the thorough reduction of that principality and the settling of its polity in the reign of Henry VIII., were erected all over the country. These courts, however, have been abolished by 1 Wm. IV. c. 70; the principality being now divided into two circuits, which the judges visit in the same … [Read more...]
COURT ROLLS
The rolls of a manor, containing all acts relating thereto. While belonging to the lord of the manor, they are not in the nature of public books for the benefit of the tenant … [Read more...]