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Series
Court of Chancery: Cause Books
Catalogue reference: C 32
What's it about?
C 32
The volumes in this series contain the names of all parties and their solicitors involved in each cause in Chancery. The cause books act as an overview of each cause (dispute or suit), as they record dates of appearances and documents filed,...
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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C 32
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Chancery: Cause Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1842-1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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The volumes in this series contain the names of all parties and their solicitors involved in each cause in Chancery.
The cause books act as an overview of each cause (dispute or suit), as they record dates of appearances and documents filed, together with a brief reference to any decrees and orders, reports and certificates made by the court during the course of proceedings. They are thus a very valuable guide as to what to look for among other records of the Chancery court.
The references are those assigned to each cause in the bill book, which now forms part of the individual ordering reference number for each cause, together with the year of filing - e.g. 1846 A1, 1852 I/J26. Some of these are found in the catalogue, others still have to be searched for in the bill books in IND 1.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The books are arranged and listed chronologically under the initial letter of plaintiffs' names.
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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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376 volume(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)
- Manuscript indexes to the series are available for 1860-1880 in IND 1/16727-16747. These also give the cause number and the name of the judge..
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3593/
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