The Law and Practice of Petition of Right Under the Petitions of Right ACT, 1860; With Forms and an Appendix Containing the Laws Regulating Proceeding

by Walter Clode

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887. ... APPENDIX B. THE LAWS REGULATING PROCEEDINGS BY PETITIONS OF RIGHT IN IRELAND, SCOTLAND, AND CERTAIN COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES. IRELAND. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 69: "An Act to provide for proceeding on Petitions of Right in the Courts of Law and Equity in Ireland." Preamhle. Expediency of extending the English "Petitions of Right Act, 1860," to Ireland. 1. Short title. « The Petitions of Right (Ireland) Act, 1873." 2. Petition of Eight may be entitled in Irish Court. 3. Provides "that every petition so entitled shall contain an averment that the subject-matter of the said petition, or a material part thereof, arose within that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, and such averment shall be deemed to be a material and necessary statement in the case of the suppliant, and a traverse of such averment shall be deemed to be a sufficient pleading in bar of the suppliant's right to relief." 4. Provisions of the "Petitions of Right Act, 1860," to apply to Ireland, "Provided that unless within twenty-eight days after Her Majesty's fiat to any petition has been obtained, a copy of such petition and fiat shall be left at the office of the Crown and Treasury Solicitor for Ireland endorsed in manner by the said Petitions of Right Act, 1860, prescribed, no further proceedings shall be taken or had upon such petition. 5. Irish Courts to make rules. 6. Forms prescribed in " Petitions of Right Act, I860," to be used. SCOTLAND. 20 & 21 Vict. c. 44: "An Act to regulate the Institution of Suits at the Instance of the Crown and the Public Departments in the Courts of Scotland." Whereas doubts arc entertained as to the proper instance to be employed in the institution of actions, suits, and proceedings in the Courts of Justice in Scotland on the...

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