REGISTERS - JUDGEMENTS OF SUPREME COURT
Registers of judgements in civil matters handed down in Supreme Court including appeals. Information given: no of cause (or civil writ file number), date, plaintiff and defendant, abstract of judgement, any remarks. Volumes are indexed by defendan...
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Lists of cases heard in the Supreme Court - civil sittings for cases in common law, equity, bankruptcy, divorce and appeals as well as motions.Lists show date of sitting, parties and claim. No case numbers are given; to locate any case papers (aff...
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LISTS OF CASES HEARD IN CHAMBERS
The lists of cases heard by the Chief Justice in Chambers (summons, applications, motions etc) show date of hearing, parties, procedure (whether summons, motion etc) solicitor. There are no references to case numbers.
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REGISTERS - BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ISSUED
1892 Bankruptcy Act.Register of bankruptcy notices issued by the Court.If a creditor claims an amount from someone he can sue him in the court. That may result in the Court making an order, or judgement, in favour of the creditor. Subsequently, th...
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REGISTERS - PETITIONS OF BANKRUPTCY
1892 Bankruptcy Act.Registers of petition filed at the court by debtors or creditors in order to have debtor registered bankrupt. A creditor's taking out a petition is based on the debtor's failure to comply with a bankruptcy notice. A d...
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Files created by the Royal Commission Registry relating to the administrative and operational aspects of the Royal Commission into the Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters.
ROYAL COMMISSION INTO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
The files are mostly concerned with appeals from Local Courts or on matters of civil jurisdiction. However, they do include appeals from Courts of Petty Sessions or Courts of Summary Jurisdiction. Files of appeals relating to indictable offences a...
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Departmental Registers of correspondence received by the Attorney General's office. Shows from whom, to whom, subject, references to departments, how disposed of. Indexes to registers are at WAS 207.
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REGISTERS - DEEDS OF ASSIGNMENT
Under the Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898 a debtor could "trade out" of his insolvency and one means of this was to enter into a deed of assignment whereby all his assets were assigned to a trustee who liquidated them and dispensed them to credi...
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REGISTERS - PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankruptcy Act 1892. Register of Summaries of proceedings kept for statistical purposes by the registrar's office. Arranged numerically corresponding to file numbers (WAS 166). Useful as quick reference to people who actually went to the Bank...
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The Transfer of Land Act, 1874, introduced the Torrens system of land registration. This simplified the title to land, guaranteed it and facilitated dealings with it.Land granted prior to 1875 could be registered under this Act. If a question aros...
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REGISTERS - PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY
Register of proceedings probably kept for statistical purposes under 1892 Bankruptcy Act and the Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898 - contains separate chronological/numerical sequence for each Act. For proceedings under 1892 Act shows name and num...
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The Powers of Attorney Act (60 Vic No. 2 of 1896) provides that an instrument creating a power of attorney may be deposited in the Supreme Court Office. These files consist of these deposited instruments.Many early powers of attorney were granted ...
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INDEXES - BANKRUTPCY ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1898
Index to debtors under Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898.Appears to be a complete listing for the period 1899-1928.However, it does not relate to files (WAS 166). The number recorded is not the file number; it appears to be a number given by the O...
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REGISTERS - AGRICULTURAL BANK MORTGAGES
Register of Agricultural Bank mortgages. The Agricultural Bank Act of 1895 enabled the Agricultural Bank to be established in that year as a means of enticing people to settle and cultivate the land. Advances were made within a certain limit, for ...
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MISCELLANEOUS REGISTERS CONCERNED WITH DECEASED ESTATES
A series of miscellaneous registers concerned with deceased estates. It is not always clear how these registers relate to other series such as the probate and administration registers (WAS 56, WAS 57) or files (WAS 34, WAS 59) or the card index (W...
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Indexes to Cause List books (WAS 187) giving number of action (civil writ number), plaintiff and defendant, page reference in cause list book.
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REGISTERS - CRIMINAL COURTS NOTE BOOK
Criminal Courts note book kept by the Clerk of Arraigns. Gives details of cases heard in criminal sessions: number, name of accused, charge, plea, sentence, name of attorney, jury if there is one, witnesses, exhibits, times throughout trial.
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REGISTER - CAUSE LISTS OF APPEALS
Lists of appeals heard in the Full court of the Supreme Court, listed by each sitting. This series is similar to the Cause List Books (WAS 187) except that it applies only to Appeals. It relates to the series of Appeals files (WAS 202) in that the...
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REGISTERS - PETITIONS FOR LIQUIDATIONS
Registers of petitions for liquidation by arrangement or composition (See Rule 287 of 34 Vic No. 20, 1871). There may also be files for same names at WAS 54, Bankruptcy files, 1871-1892.
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Files containing details of petitions by individual companies to the Supreme Court. To find a file number, it is necessary to ckeck in the Registers at WAS 2227, Cons 5805.
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Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders Act 1921.Register of orders in Council reciprocal with other states and countries. Shows Divorce file number (WAS 35), names and addresses of parties, date and details of the order. Divorce number may a...
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REGISTERS - SATISFACTIONS (BILLS OF SALE)
"Satisfactions" would appear to be a note as to when a bill of sale has been satisfied through the handing over of goods or chattels. The satisfactions are registered in no. order, details include the Bill of Sale no, names of mortgagor and mortga...
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These records were filed in compliance of the Bankruptcy Act of 1871 (34 Vic., No. 20). Included are petitions for bankruptcy, creditors' notes, minutes of creditors' meetings, financial statements, receipts, correspondence etc. The reco...
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FILES - MARRIAGE OF MINORS, LEGITIMATION AND BIRTH REGISTRATION
The series contains files relating to 2 laws:A. The Commonwealth Marriage Act, No. 12 of 1961This allowed the Supreme Court to hear applications under certain sections of the Act. Files include applications under the following provisions:PART II. ...
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