| An Act for assessing, collecting and levying County Rates. |
26 George III Chapter 42 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives local officials the power to raise money to build jails and courts houses and oversee their construction. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act to prevent the malicious killing or maiming of Cattle |
26 George III Chapter 35 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, sets up penalties for those who maliciosuly kill or maim other's livestock. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act to prevent frivolous and vexatious Arrests |
26 George III Chapter 25 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, sets limits to when someone can be arrested due to being sued, based upon the value of damages sought. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act to enable Creditors more easily to recover their debts from Joint Partners |
26 George III Chapter 24 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, one of several to deal with debt, allows for the payment out of province debt to be legally enforceable in New Brunswick. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act to Prevent unnecessary expense in actions on the case on Judgement by Default |
26 George III Chapter 21 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, allows judges to prevent unnecessary expenses in cases ending in default. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for admitting Depositions de bene esse of Witnesses, aged, infirm, and otherwise unable to travel, and of Witnesses departing from the Province. |
26 George III Chapter 20 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, one of several dealing with trials, allows for depositions of people unable to attend trials to be presented in court. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for permitting persons of the profession of the people called Quakers to make an affirmation instead of an Oath |
26 George III Chapter 19 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, allows for Quakers to, for legal matters, give affirmations instead of oaths, which violate their religious beliefs. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for preventing the multiplicity of Law Suits |
26 George III Chapter 18 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, is one of several dealing with civil suits, in this case dealing with issues of debt. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries |
26 George III Chapter 14 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, one of seveal dealing with property law, makes clear the legal terms under which property or goods can change hands. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for relief against Absconding Debtors |
26 George III Chapter 13 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, lays out the rules for the collection of debts and the punishments for those who fail to pay them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act subjecting real estates in the Province of New-Brunswick to the payment of debts, and directing the Sheriff, in his proceedings thereon. |
26 George III Chapter 12 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, stipulates how officials will collect debts and how any property confiscated in debt collection will be disposed of. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for Regulating the Courts of Law established in the several counties for the trial of causes to the value of Forty Shillings |
26 George III Chapter 10 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, sets up terms for the conduct of the clerk's courts for trials worth at least 40 shillings, for the judges, jurors, and defendents. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for limiting the Value of Actions to be brought in the inferior court of Common Pleas in this province and for restraining the removal of Actions |
26 George III Chapter 9 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, prevents lawsuits over disputes worth less than 40 shillings to be brought before any courts save the county clerk's courts, or any disputes worth less than 10 pounds to any but the county inferior courts. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act to enable one or more Justices of the Peace to issue a Compulsory Process, in the first Instance in civil Causes, which are by Law triable before them. |
26 George III – Chapter 9 |
1786 |
This Act makes provision for debtors of sums under three pounds to be arrested in the manner practised for debts of greater sums instead of the process formerly used. |
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| A Bill entitled an Act for enabling the Justices of the Supreme Court to try all causes at Nisi Prius and authorizing Attorneys of the Supreme Court to practice in the inferior courts of Common Pleas within this province. |
26 George III Chapter 8 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives the New Brunswick supreme court the power to hear circuit cases, and for attornies of the supreme court to defend their clients in any inferior courts. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act to empower the Foreman of the Grand Juries to administer the usual Oaths to such Witnesses as are to be examined before them |
26 George III Chapter 7 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, allows for grand jury foremans to issue oaths to witnesses and to punish those who give false testimony. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for regulating Juries and declaring the Qualifications of Jurors |
26 George III Chapter 6 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, sets up the qulaifications for jury duty, and the penalties for neglecting it. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for altering the Time appointed for holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the County of Hants in the Spring of the Year. |
26 George III – Chapter 2 |
1786 |
This Act changes the times at which court will be held in Windsor, in the county of Hants, to the first Tuesday of April and last Tuesday of October to better accommodate the harvest and planting seasons. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower the Justices of the Peace to hold Special Courts of Sessions for the Purposes therein mentioned. |
26 George III – Chapter 2 |
1785 |
Under this Act, Justices of the Peace are empowered to call special courts or courts of sessions to try and determine criminal offences that do not extend to life and limb in order to reduce the time persons committed to jail are held in confinement. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for establishing the Times and place of holding the several Courts of Justice therein mentioned in the County of Cumberland. |
26 George III – Chapter 1 |
1785 |
This Act describes when the courts of justice are to be held in Amherst each year. The Act also specifies the terms allowable between the issue of judgements, writs, and other process and when they are to be returnable. |
Early Canadiana Online |