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Guide to Users
Glossary
arbitration
a hearing before referees chosen by the two parties to settle a
dispute
bill of costs
itemized list of the expenses incurred by each party in the
course of the case
bond
an agreement by which the party undertook to do what was required
by the court on pain of forfeiting a stipulated sum of money (usually
£100)
citation
an instruction by the Register of the court to all officers of
the crown declaring that an individual had been summoned to appear
before the court
definitive sentence
a document put forward by each side to the judges outlining the
verdict that they sought
fiat
an abbreviation of fiat processus, this is the instruction
by the Earl Marshal or his deputy, acting on the advice of the King’s
Advocate that a case should be allowed to proceed
King’s Advocate
the most important court official responsible for promoting
office cases (actions on behalf of the king or judge of the court), and
also advising the Earl Marshal or his deputy whether process should be
granted on an initial petition
interrogatories
questions drawn up by an advocate to be put to witnesses in order
to establish the case being made by either plaintiff or defendant
letters commissory
a commission from the court to named persons requiring them to
take evidence on behalf of a party in the case
letters remissional
a document taking exception to witnesses
letters substitutional
letters allowing one person to act in place of another, used
mainly where the notary public administered interrogatories to witnesses
in place of an advocate
libel
the plaintiff’s initial pleading in which he usually establishes
his own claim to gentility, explains the facts which constitute the
cause of his action and pleads for relief from the court
notary public
an official authorized to draw up or attest copies of legal
proceedings, in these cases often acting as the deputy to the Register
in authenticating witness depositions
porrect
put forward in writing
Register
senior court official formally responsible for registering the
acts of the court and preserving its records
submission
formal acknowledgement of wrongdoing and apology for this,
usually performed by the defendant in public
The
notary’s mark of Humfrey Jones, at the end of witness depositions on
behalf of Henry Chaloner, the plaintiff in Chaloner v Lovell, case 102
(By permission of the Chapter of the College of Arms)
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