单词 | small debt court |
释义 | > as lemmassmall debt court small debt court n. (also small debts court) a court which provides summary jurisdiction on debts of limited amount; cf. small-claims adj. at small adj. and n.2 Compounds 2.Notable examples (among others) were the Justice of the Peace Small Debt Court (established in 1799 and abolished in 1975) and the Sheriff's Small Debt Court (established in 1826 and abolished in 1976), formerly held in Scotland. Small debts courts in England were superseded by county courts under the County Courts Act of 1846. ΚΠ 1800 Caledonian Mercury 8 May 3/3 (heading) Small debt court. 1830 North Wales Chron. (Bangor) 29 July 1/5 A recent publication gives an amusing account of the Small Debt Courts in America. 1852 Queen's Bench Rep. 13 856 The Queen in council may convert the small debt courts into county courts. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 766 The sheriffs must, in addition to their ordinary small-debt courts, hold circuit courts for the purposes of this act. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life ii. 24 Here and there in the metropolis were dotted small debts courts..called Courts of Request. 1959 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. May 454/1 Cases below the value of £20 come before the Sheriff Small Debt Court. 1983 D. B. J. Randall Gentle Flame ii. iv. 170 The Court of Conscience of Requests was a small debt court. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 June 11 Sheriff Ronald Smith at Paisley Small Debt Court yesterday heard that Councillor George McIntyre..had been paying regularly since his last appearance in May. < as lemmas |
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