The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier Incorporated, 1996 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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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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