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Judge Advocate General's Office: Rulings

Catalogue reference: WO 210

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WO 210

This series contains registers of rulings for the Judge Advocate General's Office for the period from 1916 to 1995. The details of each case heard by the Judge Advocate General record the:Subject; Name; Reference; Question; Ruling.Each entry...

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Reference
WO 210
Title
Judge Advocate General's Office: Rulings
Date
1916-1995
Description

This series contains registers of rulings for the Judge Advocate General's Office for the period from 1916 to 1995.

The details of each case heard by the Judge Advocate General record the:

  • Subject;
  • Name;
  • Reference;
  • Question;
  • Ruling.

Each entry provides a summary of the question being asked of the Judge Advocate General (usually whether an action, decision or order was correct and justifiable in law), and the ruling as made. The ruling was usually entered by hand for the ealier registers, and a type-wriiten slip was pasted in for later registers.

Arrangement

The registers are arranged chronologically, and then by ruling number within each register. The last two registers (WO 210/15-16) have no entries entered.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
16 volume(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

in 2014 Ministry of Justice

Subjects
Topics
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14416/

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