( 44 )
| Page | |
| SUPREME. Court of Judicature, appointed to conſit of a Chief and Three PuſIne Juftices | 3 |
| To have a Seal, to be kept by the Chief or Senior Puiſne Juſtice | 4 |
| To appoint Clerks and other Officers, with Salaries to be approved by the Governor-General and Council | 8 |
| Their Powers and Juriſdiction | 19 |
| May determine Diſputes between Indian Natives and Britiſh Subjects, in Actions exceeding 500 Rupees | 21 |
| To be a Court of Equity | — |
| To be a Court of Oyer and Terminer | 22 |
| May reprieve Offenders, and the Conditions | 24 |
| To have Jurisdiction over the Inferior Courts | 25 |
| To exercIſe Eccleſiaftical Juriſdiction | — |
| To grant Probates of Wills and Adminiſtrations | 26 |
| Forms of Proceedings and Powers | — |
| To appoint Regiſters and Proctors | — |
| To have the Care of Minors and Inſane Perſons | — |
| To be a Court of Admiralty, their Powers | — |
| Extent of Juriſdiction, as a Court of Admiralty | 30 |
| Power to puniſh Crimes Maritime | — |
| May arreſt Ships and compel Appearances | 31 |
| To tranſmit Copies of all Evidence on Appeals | 34 |
| In Criminal Suits may allow or deny Appeals, and fettle the Terms | — |
| Court to execute the Judgments and Orders of the King | 34 |
| Juſtices to be free from Arreſts, except for Treaſon or Felony | 35 |
| Juſtices Eſtates may be ſeized and ſequeſtered | — |
| To appoint Four Terms and Sittings after each | 38 |
| To hold Two Seſſions yearly | — |
| To frame Rules of Practice, to be tranſmitted to the Privy Council for Approval | 39 |
| T. | |
| TERMS, Four, to be held yearly, and Sittings after each, their Duration | 38 |
| W. | |
| WITNESSES to be examined on Oath, except Quakers | 12 |
| To be ſummoned | — |
| To be allowed reaſonable Expences | — |
| Chriſtians to be ſworn; Quakers to affirm | — |
| Refuſing to be ſworn, or affirm, to be punifhed | 13 |
| To be ſummoned to attend the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and ſworn | 23 |
| To anſwer according to the Law, Civil and Maritime | 31 |
| WRITS of the Supreme Court to be iſſued in the King's Name | 5 |
| of Execution to be iſſued for ſeizing Effects | 13 |
