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Page 394
In place of these modes of trial the king's courts offered a more rational inquiry into what had happened by ... they became judges of fact , hearing evidence from others and basing their verdicts on testimony presented in court .
In place of these modes of trial the king's courts offered a more rational inquiry into what had happened by ... they became judges of fact , hearing evidence from others and basing their verdicts on testimony presented in court .
Page 395
In many situ- ations those courts were unwilling or unable to do justice , mostly in the area of civil litigation . ... It was because of such inadequacies in the common law that the Court of Chancery came into being .
In many situ- ations those courts were unwilling or unable to do justice , mostly in the area of civil litigation . ... It was because of such inadequacies in the common law that the Court of Chancery came into being .
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396 justice of the court of king's bench ; his adversary was Lord Ellesmere , the chancellor . ... It made little sense to have two sets of courts administering two separate bodies of substantive law by two differing procedures .
396 justice of the court of king's bench ; his adversary was Lord Ellesmere , the chancellor . ... It made little sense to have two sets of courts administering two separate bodies of substantive law by two differing procedures .
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| Title | The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7 The Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Incorporated, ISBN 0717201317, 9780717201310 |
| Contributor | Grolier Incorporated |
| Publisher | Grolier Incorporated, 1999 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 25 May 2011 |
| ISBN | 0717201317, 9780717201310 |
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