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The Equity Side Of The Exchequer: Its Jurisdiction, Administration, Procedures, And Records, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1972

The Equity Side Of The Exchequer: Its Jurisdiction, Administration, Procedures, And Records, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

The equity side of the court of exchequer "is by far the most obscure of all the English jurisdiction," declared Plucknett. The purpose of this essay is to shed some light upon this court and to explore its jurisdiction, to introduce its staff, to discover its procedures, to explain its equity records, and perhaps to render Plucknett's statement obsolete.


William Senior (1862-1937), Legal Historian, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1972

William Senior (1862-1937), Legal Historian, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

Upon receiving from Clare College, Cambridge, a William Senior scholarship to continue my studies in legal history, I enquired about the man whose generosity was being extended to me. No one knew anything about him. Therefore, I collected the information for this short piece as much out of curiosity as piety. Having done so, I discovered a legal historian and scholar of moderate proportions who does not deserve such complete neglect. Had he been a teacher or a politician, my efforts might have been rewarded by the discovery of more personal information about the man himself. As it is, very …


Review Of The High Court Of Delegates, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1972

Review Of The High Court Of Delegates, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

A book review on The High Court of Delegates by G. I. 0. Duncan.


The Equity Jurisdiction Of The Exchequer, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1972

The Equity Jurisdiction Of The Exchequer, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

The equity jurisdiction of the Exchequer has been so overshadowed by the equity jurisdiction of the Chancery and that of other courts that there is today only a foggy awareness that it ever existed. Therefore it is the purpose of this communication to locate this court .within the course of English legal history and to say a word or two about its development.


The Equity Side Of The Exchequer: Its Jurisdiction, Administration, Procedures, And Records Vol. 2 Appendices, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1972

The Equity Side Of The Exchequer: Its Jurisdiction, Administration, Procedures, And Records Vol. 2 Appendices, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

The principles of transcribing which have been followed in these appendices and in the extracts throughout the text are basically those of the "Report on Editing Historical Documents".