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Series
Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Warrants of Attorney to Confess Judgment
Catalogue reference: KB 128
What's it about?
KB 128
Warrants of the attorney to confess judgment files by the clerk of dockets and judgments in the King's Bench.Until 1822 they are filed alphabetically, but then in order of receipt. From 1821 cognovits are filed with them.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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KB 128
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Warrants of Attorney to Confess Judgment
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Date (When the record was created)
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1802-1825
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Description (What the record is about)
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Warrants of the attorney to confess judgment files by the clerk of dockets and judgments in the King's Bench.
Until 1822 they are filed alphabetically, but then in order of receipt. From 1821 cognovits are filed with them.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Cognovits are in KB 133
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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340 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Litigation
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For an index to warrants and cognovits files in Michaelmas term 1822 see IND 1/7073
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Recommended for destruction under the Report of the Committee on Legal Records, 1966, p 51
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Each warrant was a written authority given by a defendant, usually in an action for debt, to an attorney to concede the case to the plaintiff in return for a financial settlement. The series begins in 1802, when the court stipulated that the warrant should be filed with the clerk of the dockets and judgments.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10066/
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Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Warrants of Attorney to Confess Judgment
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