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SUPREME COURT PROCEDURE
ACT, 1856.
IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN
VICTORIA.
SESSION 4, No. 15.
ANALYSIS.
Title.
Preamble.
- General Rules in Schedule to be sole au-
thority in all matters of Practice Plead-
ing and Procedure in Civil Proceedings
in Supreme Court. - All General Rules hitherto in force revoked, except Rules touching administration of
estates of deceased persons. - Judges may make other Rules with consent
of Governor and Executive Council to be
in force till termination of following Ses-
sion of General Assembly. - Commencement of Act.
- Short Title.
AN ACT for regulating the Procedure of the Supreme Court.
(Assented to 7th August, 1856.)
WHEREAS the Supreme Court of New Zealand hath a legal Preamble
jurisdiction similar to that of the Superior Courts of Law
at Westminister, and an equitable jurisdiction similar to that of
the Court of Chancery, and also a jurisdiction similar to that of
the Ecclesiastical Courts of England so far as relates to Testacy
and Intestacy: AND WHEREAS the rules of practice and of
pleading in the said several Courts are very various and con-
flicting, and in many respects inapplicable to the circumstances
of this Colony, and unsuited to the constitution of the said
Court; and it is desirable for the due administration of justice
in the said Court, that a uniform and simple system of Proce-
dure should be established: AND WHEREAS by certain Com-
missions issued by Sir George Grey, late Governor-in-Chief of
this Colony, sealed with the public Seal of this Colony, and
dated respectively the 19th day of November, 1849, and the
28th October, 1852, the Judges of the said Supreme Court
were appointed to make diligent and full enquiry into the
course of proceeding in actions and other civil remedies in use
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NZ Gazette 1856, No 30
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⚖️ Analysis and Preamble of the Supreme Court Procedure Act, 1856
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement7 August 1856
Legislation, Supreme Court, Civil Proceedings, Pleading, Procedure, 1856
- George Grey (Sir), Governor who issued previous Commissions