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56 to determine caues upon writs of error from the common law ide of the court of exchequer. And to that end it conits of the lord treaurer, the lord chancellor, and the jutices of the king's bench and common pleas. In imitation of which, a econd court of exchequer chamber was erected by tatute 27 Eliz. c. 8. coniting of the jutices of the common pleas, and the barons of the exchequer; before whom writs of error may be brought to revere judgments in certain uits originally begun in the court of king's bench. Into the court alo of exchequer chamber, (which then conits of all the judges of the three uperior courts, and now and then the lord chancellor alo) are ometimes adjourned from the other courts uch caues, as the judges upon argument find to be of great weight and difficulty, before any judgment is given upon them in the court below.

all the branches of this court of exchequer chamber, a writ of error lies to

houe of peers, which is the upreme court of judicature in the kingdom, having at preent no original juridiction over caues, but only upon appeals and writs of error; to rectify any injutice or mitake of the law, committed by the courts below. To this authority they ucceeded of coure, upon the diolution of the aula regia. For, as the barons of parliament were contituent members of that court, and the ret of it's juridiction was dealt out to other tribunals, over which the great officers who accompanied thoe barons were repectively delegated to preide; it followed, that the right of receiving appeals, and uperintending all other juridictions, till remained in that noble aembly, from which every other great court was derived. They are therefore in all caues the lat reort, from whoe judgment no farther appeal is permitted; but every ubordinate tribunal mut conform to their determinations. The law repoing an entire confidence in the honour and concience of the noble perons who compoe this important aembly, that they will