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THE ENGLISH LAW COURTS. III. THE COURT OF APPEAL. THE modern Court of Appeal was con- j of unusual importance are, however, somestituted by the Judicature Act, 1873. times argued before the full Court — the It consists of six cx-officio judges. The Lord Master of the Rolls, and the five Lord JusChancellor, who is President, two ex-Chan- tices, — e.g., when the construction of a ccllors, the Lord Chief-Justice of England, new rule of practice has to be settled (Ex-

THE NEW LAW COURTS. the Master of the Rolls, the President of the parte Holloway, " Times," April 16, 1894). Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Divisions, —Under ordinary circumstances, however, and five ordinary judges, with the title of the two Courts sit separately, and exercise concurrent jurisdiction. The Court of Ap Lords Justices of Appeal, each of whom re ceives a salary of £5, 500 a year. The Court peal exercises the old jurisdiction of ( 1) the of Appeal consists of two divisions. Court Lord Chancellor and the Court of Appeal of Appeal No. 1 and Court of Appeal No. in Chancery; (2 ) the County Palatine of Lancaster Appeal Court; (3) the Court of 2. The former is presided over, as a gen eral rule, by the Master of the Rolls, with the Lord Warden of the Stannaries; (4) whom two of the Lords Justices sit. In the the Court of Exchequer Chamber; (which latter there are three Lords Justices. Cases was the Appeal Court from the Exchequer);