This Act amends the method of execution for women convicted of high or petit treason. The practice of burning convicted women to death is replaced with hanging. The Act also dictates that the manner of disposal of the convicts body will be determined by the court.
This Act amends the degrees removed permitted to stand as witnesses in civil matters to Cousins German where parties to the degree of third cousin had formerly been allowed.
This Act repeals the practice of getting a writ of summons from a judge to the practice of obtaining said summons from a clerk or prothonotary of the court, and directs the processes of civil court trials. The Act also outlines the due processes in the event that the defendant fails to appear or oppose the decision of the court.
This Act renews an act first passed in 1797, which established terms under which certain prisoners can seek justice under Habeas Corpus, depending on what crimes they have been imprisoned, and how long they have been imprisoned.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1765, which made it lawful for the grand juries in each county to make presentment upon all sums necessary for the construction or repairing of jails, courts, session houses, stocks, pillories, or pounds, and for providing bolts, shackles, and the conveying of persons to the county jail.
This act changes the time and place of the court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace for Annapolis county. The place is changed to the town of Digby, where it will be held four times a year, on the days stated.
This act permits for the appointment of commissioners to find new buildings for the use of the King's Court, as the lease for the buildings used prior is coming to an end.
This act stipulates that no person in the province shall be returned to serve on special juries before paying assessments on the sum of at least three hundred pounds.
The continuation of an act passed in 1797, which defines the terms under which certain prisoners can seek justice under Habeas Corpus, depending on what crimes they have been imprisoned, and how long they have been imprisoned.
Cet acte est un renouvèlement d'un acte passé en 1797, qui détermine les termes sous lesquels un prisonnier peut demander la justice sous Habeas Corpus. L'acte est renouvelé sans modification.
This act compels the attendance of the province's justices of the peace at every court of general quarter sessions. This attendance will be tracked by court clerks, including whether or not justices left before the end of the day's business. The lists of magistrates who neglect their duties are to be sent to the Chief Justice in Halifax, and face the forfeiture of their office.
This act allows for the financing of new court houses in the districts of Quebec and Montreal. It specifies the amount to be disbursed, how the money is to be disbursed and who is responsible for managing it.