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Series
Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Cognovits
Catalogue reference: KB 133
What's it about?
KB 133
Cognovits filed by the clerk of dockets and judgments of the King's Bench.This series consists of those cognovits which were not registered, filed by term, alphabetically by the surname of the defendant. It is not indexed.
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 133
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Cognovits
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Date (When the record was created)
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1825-1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cognovits filed by the clerk of dockets and judgments of the King's Bench.
This series consists of those cognovits which were not registered, filed by term, alphabetically by the surname of the defendant. It is not indexed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Those later than 1875 are in J 58
Cognovits for the years from 1821 to 1825 are in KB 128
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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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90 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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Recommended for destruction (to 1848) 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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A cognovit was a written acknowledgement by a defendant in a case before the court, usually of debt, that he had no defence to his opponent's case. He was then allowed a specified time to settle the debt and any agreed damages. If he did not adhere to the terms the plaintiff could enter judgment and seek writs of execution for the sums due. In 1822 the court ruled that such instruments, and warrants of attorney to confess judgment, which served a similar purpose, should be filed with the clerk of the dockets and judgements, and registers of warrants and cognovits were begun. The registered cognovits were subsequently destroyed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10067/
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