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" Parliament had been engaged in long and grave discussions on Asiatic affairs. The ministry of Lord North, in the session of 1773, introduced a measure which made a considerable change in the constitution of the Indian government. This law, known by the... "
Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review [microform] - Page 318
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885
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A Sketch of the History of the East-India Company: From Its First Formation ...

Robert Grant - 1813 - 492 pages
...The old Mayor's Court at Calcutta was set aside, and the King was empowered to erect in its place, a supreme court of judicature, consisting of a chief justice and three puisne judges, who should all be barristers in England or Ireland of not less than five years standing....
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Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of ..., Volume 2

1821 - 670 pages
...restricting it to small mercantile causes, to which it had originally been confined; established in its place a supreme court of judicature, consisting of a chief justice, and three puisne judges, and vested the government of Bengal in a governor-general and council, with a superiority...
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Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of ..., Volume 2

1821 - 754 pages
...restricting it to small mercantile causes, to which it had originally been confined; established in its place a supreme court of judicature, consisting of a chief justice, and three puisne judges, and vested the government of Bengal in a governor-general and council, with a superiority...
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The Law and Custom of Slavery in British India: In a Series of Letters to ...

William Adam - 1840 - 294 pages
...natural and acquired. In the view of this obligation, by various statutes in the reign of George III., a supreme court of judicature, consisting of a chief justice and three other judges, was established at Calcutta, and the benefit of the laws of England, as far as applicable...
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The Law and Custom of Slavery in British India; in a series of letters to T ...

William ADAM (Missionary.) - 1840 - 288 pages
...natural and acquired. In the view of this obligation, by various statutes in the reign of George III., a supreme court of judicature, consisting of a chief justice and three other judges, was established at Calcutta, and the benefit of the laws of England, as far as applicable...
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The American Eclectic, Volume 3

1842 - 654 pages
...change in the constitution of the Indian government. This law, known by the name of the Regulating Act, provided that the presidency of Bengal should...that a supreme court of judicature, consisting of achief justice and three inferior judges, should be established at Calcutta. This court was made independent...
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Our Indian empire

Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 pages
...of the mayor's court at Calcutta, the jurisdiction o'f which was limited to small mercantile causes, a supreme court of judicature, consisting of a chief justice and three puisne judges, should be appointed by the crown, with great and extended powers of cognizance over...
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The Cabinet History of England: Being an Abridgment, by the ..., Volumes 19-20

Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 472 pages
...of the mayor's court at Calcutta, the jurisdiction of which was limited to small mercantile causes, a Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of a chief justice and three puisne judges, should be appointed by the crown, with great and extended powers of cognizance over...
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The Cabinet History of England, Civil, Military, and ..., Volume 10

Charles MacFarlane - 1851 - 468 pages
...of the ma3'or's court at Calcutta, the jurisdiction of which was limited to small mercantile causes, a Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of a chief justice and three puisne judges, should be appointed by the crown, with great and extended powers of cognizance over...
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The cabinet history of England, an abridgment of the chapters entitled ...

Charles MacFarlane - 1851 - 466 pages
...of the mayor's court at Calcutta, the jurisdiction of which was limited to small mercantile causes, a Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of a chief justice and three puisne judges, should be appointed by the crown, with great and extended powers of cognizance over...
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