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Series
Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Common Pleas Division: Affidavits
Catalogue reference: J 6
What's it about?
J 6
The affidavits in this series arise from civil actions in the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice and consist of sworn written statements given in evidence. They include affidavits (CP 3) of the Court of Common Pleas, whose...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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J 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Common Pleas Division: Affidavits
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Date (When the record was created)
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1876-1881
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Description (What the record is about)
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The affidavits in this series arise from civil actions in the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice and consist of sworn written statements given in evidence. They include affidavits (CP 3) of the Court of Common Pleas, whose jurisdiction passed to the Common Pleas Division of the newly-formed High Court of Justice in 1875.
They are contained in boxes and consist mainly of answers, sometimes printed, of plaintiffs and defendants to interrogatories arising from disputes concerning contracts, business agreements, shipping surveys and the like. They extend until 1881 when the Common Pleas Division ceased to exist as a distinct entity and its business was passed to the Queen's Bench Division by an order in Council of 16 December 1880.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The affidavits in this series are listed in date order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other related material in Common Pleas Division cases, see the cause books, which include the date and nature of the judgement, in IND 1/9045-9114
For examination of witnesses, see CP 22
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Supreme Court of Judicature, Common Pleas Division, 1875-1880
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Exchequer Division, 1875-1880
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Queens Bench Division, 1875-1901
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 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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The affidavits were selected for preservation because they were thought to be of material interest as indicative of the main points at issue in a case.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9614/
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Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Common Pleas Division: Affidavits
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