County Courts Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and Victoria relating to county courts.

The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a County Courts Bill during its passage through Parliament.

County Courts Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to county courts.

List

United Kingdom

The County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95)[1] [3]
The County Courts Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 101)
The County Courts Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 61) (County Courts Extension Act 1850)[2]
The County Courts Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 54)
The County Courts Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 108)
The County Courts Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 74)
The County Courts Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 57)
The County Courts Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 99) (County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Act)[3]
The County Courts Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 14)
The County Courts Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 142)[4]
The County Courts Admiralty Jurisdiction Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 71)
The County Court (Buildings) Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 15)
The County Courts Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 50)
The County Courts (Costs and Salaries) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 57)
The County Courts (Expenses) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 3)
The County Courts (Investment) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 47)
The County Courts Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 17)
The County Courts (Amendment) Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 17)
The County Courts Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 53)
The County Courts Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 8)
The County Courts Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22)
The County Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1963 (11 & 12 Eliz. 2. c. 53)
The County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)

The County Courts Acts 1888 to 1919 was the collective title of the following acts:[5]

Ireland

The Civil Bill Courts in Ireland played a similar judicial role to the County Courts in England.[6]

The County Courts (Ireland) Acts 1851 to 1889 was the collective title of the following acts:[7]

Victoria

See also

List of short titles

References

  1. ^ Paterson, William. The County Courts Act, of the 9th and 10th Victoria. Cap 95. Third Edition. Office of the Law Times. London. 1847. Google Books. Udall, Henry. The New County Courts Act. Third Edition. V & R Stevens and G S Norton. London. 1847. Google Books. Bishop, James. A Practical Guide and Popular Abstract of the New County Courts Act. Third Edition. Thomas Dean and Son. London. Google Books.
  2. ^ Atkinson, Solomon. The County Courts Extension Act, [1850, being] a Supplement to the Law and Practice of the County Courts under the Insolvent and Protection Acts. Colombine, David Elwin. The County Court Extension Act (13th & 14th Vict. c. 61), for the Recovery of Debts and Damages not exceeding £50, including Practical Notes as to the Removal of Causes and staying Proceedings in Prohibition, with graduated Tables and Fees payable in the progress of Causes, compiled in a new and explanatory form. Wildy and Sons. London. Edward William Cox and Morgan Lloyd. The County Courts Extension Act, with Explanatory Notes and all the Forms required, and containing the New Scale of Fees. Cox and Lloyd. "The County Court Extension Act". The Law and Practice of the County Courts in England and Wales. Third Edition. John Crockford. 1850. Appendix. Pages cxxxix to clix.
  3. ^ Davis, James Edwards. The County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Act. Butterworths. Fleet Street, London. 1865. Google Books. Pollock and Nicol. Equitable Jurisdiction of the County Courts. Supplement to Pollock's County Court Practice; Containing the Act 28 & 29 Vict. c. 99. H Sweet. Chancery Lane, London. 1865. Google Books. Rouse, John William. A Manual of the County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction (under 28 & 29 Vict. c. 99). Stevens and Sons. Bell Yard, Lincoln's Inn, London. 1865. Google Books. Robert Cecil Austin. Reports of Cases: (principally under the County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Act, 1865 and the County Courts Amendment Act, 1867) in the County Courts included in Circuit No. 45, Heard and Determined by Henry James Stonor, Esq, Judge of the Said Courts. Butterworths. 1869. Google Books: [1] [2].
  4. ^ Wetherfield, George Manley. The County Courts Act, 1867. Second Edition. Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer. 1869. Google Books. Davis, James Edward. The County Courts Act, 1867. London. 1868. Catalogue entry.
  5. ^ The County Court Judges (Retirement Pensions and Deputies) Act 1919, section 5(2); The County Courts Act 1919, section 27(1)
  6. ^ Dodd, William H. (1877). "Essay on the jurisdiction of the local courts in Ireland, Scotland, and England compared". Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. VII: 99.
  7. ^ The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
  8. ^ Skinner. The County Court Act 1890. Melbourne. 1891. Google Books.
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