OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, COMPRISING THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) WYNNE E. BAXTER, Solicitor of the Supreme Court. LONDON: BUTTERWORTHS, 7, Fleet Street, Law Publishers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co., Stationers Hall Court. 1874. TO THE PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE ARTICLED CLERKS' SOCIETY, This Volume is dedicated by its Author, IN REMEMBRANCE OF The kind support of the profession and of his early friends, by which he was enabled to found the Society, and of the instruction derived from its meetings during the lengthened period he was permitted to to act as its Secretary, and IN THE HOPE That this imperfect Edition of the most important statute passed this century in relation to the administration of justice may assist the Articled Clerk in his studies, as well as the Lawyer in his practice. Although the operation of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 has been postponed to the 1st day of November, 1875, the Lord Chancellor in a speech in the House of Lords on the third reading of the Suspension Bill (6th August, 1874), stated" that it was the intention of the Government to pre"sent the Judicature Bills at a very early period of next Session, "and that if Parliament would address itself to them with"out delay there was no reason why the Act of last year "might not come into operation long before November“may, be, by the 1st of May—and it would be entirely com"petent to Parliament to alter the date in the Suspension 66 Bill, and decide on a much earlier one." The interval in either case between the issue of the Rules of Court and the date when this most important Act generally comes into operation, allowing, therefore, no unnecessary time for its study, this volume has been prepared with a view of diminishing the confusion arising from an entire change of procedure in the Courts, by the publication, in a convenient form, of the Act and Rules, at the earliest possible moment. The side notes to the Act are those in the Queen's Printer's Copy, but the author is responsible for those to the Rules of Court. Any corrections of errors or suggestions for improvements in future editions will be gladly received. The author is pleased to avail himself of this opportunity of acknowledging the assistance courteously accorded by |