Inn of Court. 1. Any of four autonomous institutions, one or more of which English barristers must join to receive their training and of which they remain members for life: The Honourable Societies of Lincoln’s Inn, the Middle Temple, the Inner Temple, and Gray’s Inn. • These powerful bodies examine candidates for the Bar, “call” […]
Bail Court. Hist. An ancillary court of Queen’s Bench responsible for ensuring that bail sureties were worth the sums pledged (i.e., hearing justifications) and handling other procedural matters. • The court was established in 1830 and abolished in 1854. — Also termed Practice Court.
Court for Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved. Hist. A court established in 1848 to review questions of law arising in criminal cases. • Trial judges posed the postverdict questions of law to the Court, which decided whether error had been committed. The Court was abolished in 1907, and its jurisdiction was transferred to the Court
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rule of court. A rule governing the practice or procedure in a given court ( federal rules of court). See LOCAL RULE. [Cases: Courts 85; Federal Civil Procedure 21. C.J.S. Courts § 130; Evidence § 7.]
Bail Court 〈英〉保释法庭 1830年设立，为王座法庭的一个附属法庭，位于威斯敏斯特，负责听审和裁决尤其与诉答〔pleading〕和程序〔practice〕相关联的法律问题〔points〕。其主要职责是确认特别保释保证人〔special bail〕是否适格。也称作程序法庭〔Practice Court〕。1854年废除。
The professional work of a duly licensed lawyer, encompassing a broad range of services such as conducting cases in court, preparing papers necessary to bring about various transactions from conveying land to effecting corporate mergers, preparing legal opinions on various points of law, drafting wills and other estate-planning documents, and advising clients on legal questions.
Rules of the Supreme Court 〈英〉《最高法院规则》 规定英格兰和威尔士最高法院的诉讼程序的规则，由以御前大臣〔Lord Chancellor〕、法官、出庭律师和事务律师组成的规则委员会制定。规则必须提交议会通过，议会可宣布其无效。刑事法院、上诉法院刑事庭和家事案件的审理，都各有不同的规则。这些规则由「程序指南」〔practice directions〕和「程序注释」〔practice notes〕予以补充，在王座庭，则由主事官的程序指南予以补充。这些规则都被刊印在诉讼年鉴〔Annual Practice〕上，并附有注解。
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Court of Wards and Liveries. Hist. A court created in 1540 to assert the Crown’s right to income from a variety of feudal tenures. • The Court’s unpopularity led to its abolition in 1660. “[I]nquests of office were more frequently in practice than at present, during the continuance of the military tenures among us: when,
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A group of judges, lawyers, and legal scholars appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to advise the Judicial Conference of the United States on possible amendments to the procedural rules in the various federal courts and on other issues relating to the operation of the federal courts. 28 USCA § 331.
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court hand. Hist. A script style used by English court clerks, the words being abbreviated and contracted according to a set of common principles for maintaining brevity and uniformity. • This type of writing, along with the use of Latin (except for technical or untranslatable phrases), was banned early in the 18th century in an