JUDGES:

I. England:

1. Admiralty Courts.

2. Judges of Assize.

3. Court of Bankruptcy.

4. Nisi Prius Officers.

5. Trial of Civil Causes.

6. Fees.

7. Forms of Pleadings.

8. Court of Great Sessions (Wales).

9. Jurisdiction Extension.

10. Lodgings for Judges.

11. Opinions of Judges.
12. Pronouncing Sentence.

13. Salaries.

II. Ireland.

III. Scotland.

IV. East Indies.

I. England:

1. Admiralty Courts:

To make Provision for the Judge, Registrar, and Marshal, of the High Court of Admiralty, and to extend the
Jurisdiction and Improve the Practice of the Court

To make Provision for the Judge, Registrar, and Marshal, of the High Court of Admiralty of England;

2. Judges of Assize:

1840 (189.) 1. 23.

To enable Queen's Counsel and others, not being of the Degree of the Coif, to act as Judges of Assize;

3. Court of Bankruptcy:

1850 (418.) III. 449.

To authorise Her Majesty to give further Powers to Judges of the Court of Bankruptcy, &c.; 1833 (588.) 1. 83.

4. Nisi Prius Officers:

To make Provision for a Permanent Establishment of Officers to Perform the Duties at Nisi Prius, in the
Supreme Courts of Common Law, and at the Judges' Chambers, and for the Payment of such Officers by
Salaries, and to Abolish certain Offices in those Courts
1852 (336.) (474.) 111. 259. 275.

To enable the Judges to make Regulations respecting Fees of Officers, Clerks, and Ministers; 1822 (436.) III. 1701.

7. Forms of Pleading :

For continuing, under certain Limitations, the Powers given to the Judges for altering the Forms of Pleading in
the Courts of Common Law, at Westminster, and elsewhere
1837-38 (622.) v. 93.

8. Court of Great Sessions (Wales):

To enlarge and extend the Powers of Judges of the Courts of Great Sessions in Wales, and to amend the Laws
relating to the same - 1822 (372.) 11. 1499.-1823 (168.) 1. 525.—1824 (36.) (153.) 111. 327. 343.

To extend the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Common Law; to amend 56 of 1 Vict. for
Regulating the Admission of Attornies, and to provide for the taking of Special Bail in the Absence of the
Judges
1837-38 (611.) Iv. 449.

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10. Lodgings for Judges:

To amend 7 Geo. 4, for Improving and Rebuilding Shire Halls, &c. and Judges' Chambers:

1836 (451.) v. 127.-1837 (42.) (282.) iv. 293. 297.
To authorise the Purchase or Building of Lodgings for the Judges of Assize on their Circuits; 1839 (410.) Iv. 175.

11. Opinions of Judges:

To authorise Courts of Sessions of the Peace to reserve Points of Law in Criminal Cases;

1837 (19.) (166.) (213.) 111, 295. 297, 301.

JUDGLS-continued.

I. England-continued.

12. Pronouncing Sentence:

To prevent the vexatious removal of Indictments, and to empower the Presiding Judge to pass Sentence on
Defendants convicted at Nisi Prius
1825 (420.) (472.) 11. 555. 557.
To enable Judges to abstain from pronouncing Sentence of Death in certain Capital Felonies; 1823 (391.) I. 161.
To explain and amend the foregoing Act
1831-32 (294.) Iv. 197.

13. Salaries:

To provide for augmenting the Salaries of the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Chief
Baron of the Court of Exchequer, and the Puisne Judges and Barons of the Courts in Westminster Hall, and
to enable His Majesty to grant Annuities to them on their Resignation from their respective Offices;
1825 (412.) 11. 559.
To provide for Salaries of certain Judicial Officers heretofore paid out of the Civil List - 1831-32 (673.) 1. 351.
To regulate the Salaries of the Offices of Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas
1850 (130.) 1. 287.-1851 (437.) 1. 281.

II. Ireland:

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To exclude certain Judicial Officers in Ireland from being Members, viz., Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls,
Twelve Judges of the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, and Masters in Chancery ;
1821 (348.) III. 1591,
III. Scotland:
For granting Annuities to Judges of the Courts of Session and Justiciary, and Baron of the Exchequer, in Scot-
land, on their Resignation
1808 (201.) 1. 409.
To provide for carrying on the Business of the Court of Session, Scotland, when interrupted by absence of
Judges
- 1831-32 (84.) Iv. 199.

To regulate the Duties to be performed by the Judges of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, and to increase the
Salaries of certain of the Judges
1839 (29.) (192.) (298.) v. 443. 451. 459.

IV. East Indies:

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For further regulating the payment of Salaries to East India Judges, and to the Bishop of Calcutta, and for
authorising the Transportation of Offenders from St. Helena
1825 (177.) (358.) 11. 327. 337.
To regulate the Receipt and further appropriation of Fees and Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Supreme
Courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, and to prevent the Clerks of the Judges from practising as Attornies
and Solicitors therein
1830 (265.) 1. 433.

JUDGMENTS AND EXECUTIONS:

For the more speedy Judgment and Execution in Actions brought in His Majesty's Courts of Law at West-
minster, and in the Common Pleas at Lancaster, and for amending the Law as to Judgment on cognovit
actionem in cases of Bankruptcy

1830-31 (36.) 1. 53.

1834 (271.) 11. 595.

For rendering English Judgments effectual in Ireland, and Irish in England
For the better Protection of Purchasers against Judgments, Crown Debts, and Fiats in Bankruptcy;

1839 (191.) v. 1.

For the protection of Purchasers against Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis Pendens, and Commissions of Bankruptcy;
and for providing one Office for the Registering of all Judgments in Ireland; and for amending the Laws in
Ireland respecting Bankrupts and the Limitation of Actions

To stay Execution of Judgment for Misdemeanors, upon giving Bail in Error

To make Creditors who have proved under Process in Bankruptcy or Insolvency Judgment Creditors of the
Bankrupt or Insolvent

1841 (29.) III. 119.

For the better administration of Justice in the Privy Council

For facilitating the Administration of Justice in the House of Lords and Privy Council
To make further Regulations for facilitating the hearing Appeals and other Matters by the Judicial Committee of
the Privy Council
1843 (370.) (376.) 1. 65. 73.
For amending Act 4 Will. 4, for the better Administration of Justice in his Majesty's Privy Council, and to extend
its Jurisdiction and Powers
• 1844 (464.) iv. 377.
To improve the Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery, and in the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council
1851 (393.) (481.) 11. 373. 383.
JUDICIAL FACTORS (SCOTLAND).-For the better regulation of the Office of Judicial Factor in Scotland;

To render it unnecessary to Summon Grand Juries within the Metropolitan District, and for the amendment of
the Law in other particulars -

5. Qualification of Jurors:

1852 (253.) (369.) 11. 193. 201.

To extend the Qualification of Jurors to Householders and Persons possessing Personal Property;

To remove Doubts as to summoning Juries at Adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace; 1837-38 (4C.) iv. 453.

To exempt Veterinary Surgeons and Professors and Teachers of Veterinary Colleges or Schools from serving on
Juries and other Offices
1851 (458.) VI. 405.

II. Ireland:

1. Generally:

For consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland ;
1826-27 (451.) 1. 623.—1828 (98.) (202.) 111. 363. 393. -1830 (108.) г. 455.——1831 (132.)
11. 385.——-1831-32 (13.) 11. 365.

For consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries

To amend the foregoing Act -

To amend the Laws relating to Grand Juries, Ireland

1833 (250.) 11. 753.

To amend various Acts for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland;

2. Bills of Indictment:

1839 (425.) iv. 179.

To empower the Foreman or any other Member of Grand Juries in Ireland to administer Oaths to Witnesses on
Bills of Indictment
1837-38 (182.) iv. 683.

3. Jurors' Books:

For making further regulations for more effectually securing the Correctness of the Jurors' Books in Ire-
land
1845 (496.) III. 337.

4. Special Juries:

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For amendment of the Laws with respect to Special Juries in Ireland, and to Trials in Counties of Cities and
Towns and Towns Corporate -
· 1825 (284.) 11. 591.

III. Scotland:

1. Choosing Juries:

To alter the Mode of choosing Juries in Scotland.

To alter the Mode of choosing Juries on Criminal Trials in Scotland

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1821 (40.) 1. 33.
1822 (69.) 1. 141.

To regulate the Manner of choosing Juries on Criminal Trials in Scotland;

1823 (284.) (481.) 1. 135. 141.—1824 (82.) (146.) (288.) 11. 53. 59. 65.

JURIES-continued.

III. Scotland-continued.

2. Qualification of Jurors:

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To regulate the Qualification, and the manner of Enrolling Jurors, and of choosing them, on Criminal Trials, and
to unite Counties for the purposes of Trial in cases of High Treason in Scotland
1825 (199.) 11. 707.
To amend Act of Session 1825, so far as relates to the Qualification of Special Jurors in Scotland;
1826 (100.) 1. 59.
3. Court of Session:
For uniting the benefits of Jury Trial in Civil Causes with the ordinary Jurisdiction of the Court of Session, and
for making Alterations and Reductions in the Judicial Establishments of Scotland;

For allowing viva voce Verdicts to be returned in Courts of Justiciary in Scotland
IV. East Indies:

To regulate the Appointment of Juries in the East Indies

For amending Law respecting Appointment of Justices and Juries

JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF:

For amendment of the Law, and better Advancement of Justice
For extending Powers of the Act

For the better Administration of Justice;

1837 (17.) (247.) (396.) Iv. 197. 201. 203.

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1840 (499.) 1. 245.-1841 (25.) (334.) 1. 159. 191.—1841, Sess. 2. (21.) (34.) 1. 1. 25.
For the amendment of the Law and better Administration of Justice in Ireland
1840 (12.) 1. 1.
See also COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY. CRIMINAL LAW AND JUSTICE.
several Courts of Law, and of the various Crimes and Punishments, &c.

Also under the Titles of the

1. Dublin Metropolis,

2. Enlargement of Powers.

3. Fees.

4. Petty Sessions.

5. Quarter Sessions.

6. Rates.

7. Spirits.

8. Summary Jurisdiction.

9. Superintending Magistrates.
10. Weights and Measures.

III. Scotland:

1. Inns and Public Houses.

2. Procurators.

3. Royal Burghs.

4. Small Debts.

5. Wages.

IV. East Indies.

V. New South Wales.

VI. Scilly Islands.

26. Revenue Offences.

27. Seduction and Breach of Promise of Marriage.

28. Special Constables' Appointment.

29. Summary Proceedings.

30. Vexatious Actions.

31. Wages.

To render valid Indentures of Apprenticeship allowed by Two Justices acting for the County in which such
Apprentices are bound

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-continued.

I. Generally (including England and Wales)-continued.

2. Bastard Children Maintenance :

To enable Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions to make Orders for the Support of Bastard Children;

3. Boundaries of Counties:

1839 (446.) 1. 241.

To empower Magistrates at Quarter Sessions to effect the Transfer of Land from one County to another, for the
more convenient Administration of Justice -

4. Cinque Ports:

For better executing the Office of Justice of Peace in the Cinque Ports

cases

5. Clerks to Justices and Clerks of the Peace:

1825 (148.) (446.) 1. 381. 385.

1810-11 (12.) (84.) 1. 55. 59.

For enabling Justices of the Peace at Quarter Sessions to appoint to the Office of Clerk of the Peace in certain
1839 (79.) (285.) 1. 351. 353.
To compensate the Coroners and Clerks of the Peace for the Counties of Warwick and Lancaster, and the Clerks
of Justices of the Peace for the County of Warwick, acting for the Birmingham Division of the Hundred of
Hemlingford, for their Loss by the Incorporation of the Boroughs of Birmingham, Manchester, and Bolton ;

1842 (441.) 1. 601.

For Payment of Justices' Clerks and Clerks of the Peace by Salaries instead of Fees, and for regulating Fees in
Criminal Proceedings
1845 (75.) (224.) III. 341. 359.

For the establishment of County and District Constables by the authority of Justices of the Peace;
1839 (475.) (496.) (518.) (560.) 11. 533. 539. 547. 555.

To amend the Act for the Establishment of County and District Constables;

7. County Rates:

1840 (119.) (300.) (411.) (581.) 1. 359. 369. 381. 395.

To enable Justices of the Peace, in certain cases, to Borrow Money on Mortgage of the Rate of the County,
Riding, or Place for which they shall then be acting
1825 (120.) (266.) 1. 373. 377.

To provide for the more effectual making of County Rates by Justices in England and Wales; 1846 (314.) 1. 485.
To authorise certain Persons to act as Justices in matters relating to County Rates

8. County Records:
Enabling Justices of the Peace to provide Places for depositing Public Records of their respective Counties; also,
to provide Residences for Clerks of the Peace, and settling a Table of Fees to be taken by the same;

9. Disturbed Counties:

1812-13 (137.) 1. 495.
For Preservation of the Peace in certain Counties, and to give additional Powers to Justices for that Purpose;
1812 (338.) (344.) 1. 1249. 1257.
To authorise Justices of the Peace, in certain disturbed Counties, to seize and detain Arms; 1819–20 (14.) ì. 77.
10. Enlargement of Powers:

To amend Act 28 Geo. 3, c. 49, allowing, in certain cases, to act out of the Limits of their Counties;

11. County Gaols:

1821 (566.) 11. 1115.

To authorise Magistrates of Small Jurisdictions to contract with Justices having charge of County Gaols for the
care of Prisoners, and to prevent Untried Prisoners from working at the Treadmill ;

12. Execution of Office:

1824 (106.) (125.) (239.) (309.) (369.) 1. 515, 519. 523. 549. 561.

To provide for the better Execution of the Office of Justice of the Peace in England;

13. Fines:

For Payment of Fines imposed by Justices out of Session

14. Indictable Offences:

1829 (115.) (277.) 1. 333. 365.
1801 (54.) (60.) (89.) 1. 131. 135. 239.

To facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions within England and Wales,
with respect to Persons charged with Indictable Offences; 1847-48 (56.) (57.) (374.) (375.) 1. 5. 49. 91. 137.

To repeal Act requiring the Inspection by Magistrates of Vessels carrying Passengers Abroad;

17. Justices of the Quorum:

To amend Act 7 Geo. 3, c. 21, respecting Justices of the Quorum

1818 (357.) 11. 177.

1823 (211.) 1. 583.