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UNIVERSITY COURTS , in the See also:English See also:universities of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford and See also:Cambridge, courts of inferior See also:jurisdiction, administering principles of See also:justice originally founded on the See also:canon and See also:civil See also:law, but now defined and limited by the See also:common law (see particularly Ginnett v. See also:Whittingham, 1886, 16 Q.B.D. 769).
At Oxford the See also:judge of the See also:chancellor's See also:court is the See also:vice-chancellor, who is his See also:deputy or See also:assessor; the court has had since 1244 civil jurisdiction, to the exclusion of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's courts, in all matters and suits wherein a See also:scholar or privileged See also:person of the university is one of the parties, except in actions See also:relating to See also:freehold. It had also, from 1290 downwards, jurisdiction of all injuries and trespasses against the See also:peace, See also:mayhem and See also:- FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel
felony excepted, but since the See also:Summary Jurisdiction Acts this is possibly no longer exercisable, but the chancellor, vice-chancellor and the vice-chancellor's deputy are justices of the peace for Oxford, See also:Oxfordshire and See also:Berkshire, where scholars are concerned, and exercise this jurisdiction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts. By the Oxford University See also:Act 1854 the vice-chancellor's court now administers the common and See also:statute law of the See also:realm.
The criminal jurisdiction of Cambridge University in cases where any person not a member of the university is a party has ceased, and its jurisdiction over See also:light See also:women, which was founded on a See also:charter and statute of See also:Elizabeth, was taken away in 1894 by a private act of that See also:year (c. 6o), and an act of 6 Geo. IV. c. 97, dealing with them and applicable till then only to Oxford University, was extended to Cambridge University. Previous to 1891, women of light See also:character, who had been convicted of consorting with or soliciting members of the university in statu pupillari, were detained in a See also:house of correction called the See also:spinning house, but in that year a conviction was held See also:bad (ex parte See also:Hopkins, 1891, 61 L.J.Q.B. 240; see also, however, See also:Kemp v. See also:Nevin, 1861, to C.B.N.S. 523).
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