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The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
On the Atlantic coast of Morocco are two cities that became one of the most substantial Islamic ports of the 17th Century.
Series
Lord Chancellor's Department and successors: Administration and Policy: Registered...
Catalogue reference: LCO 72
What's it about?
LCO 72
Correspondence and papers relating to the administrative, ecclesiastical, judicial and parliamentary powers and duties of the Lord Chancellor. Subjects covered include the administration, organisation and staffing of the various courts,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LCO 72
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Title (The name of the record)
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Lord Chancellor's Department and successors: Administration and Policy: Registered Files (DL series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers relating to the administrative, ecclesiastical, judicial and parliamentary powers and duties of the Lord Chancellor. Subjects covered include the administration, organisation and staffing of the various courts, commissions, tribunals, and government departments for which he is or has been directly or indirectly responsible; constitutional questions; the drafting and interpretation of legislation; regulations and Supreme Court rules; emergency and wartime legislation, committees of inquiry; patronage and other ecclesiastical matters; the House of Lords; parliamentary elections; the legal profession; legal aid; the grant and issue of warrants, patents, orders; honours; visitorships; colonial and Commonwealth matters and private international law. Some papers relate to matters of concern to the Lord Chancellor as a member of, and legal adviser to, the Cabinet.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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References for born-digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' after a forward slash, which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- DL
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Constitutional Affairs, 2003-2007
- Lord Chancellor's Department, 1972-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1406 paper files and digital records
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2013 Ministry of Justice
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12272792/
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Records of the Lord Chancellor's Office and of various legal commissions and committees
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Lord Chancellor's Department and successors: Administration and Policy: Registered Files (DL series)
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