Original Bill

In chancery practice. A bill relating to a matter not before brought before the court by the same parties, standing in the same interests. Mitf. Eq. PI.

33; Willis, PI. 13 et seq.

Proceedings in a court of chancery are either commenced by way of information, when the matter concerns the state or those under its protection, or by original petition or bill, when the matter does not concern the state or those under its protection. The original bill states simply the cause of complaint, and asks for relief. It is composed of nine parts (Story, Eq. PI. 7, 8), and is the foundation of all subsequent proceedings before the court (1 Daniell, Chanc. Prac. 351). See "Bill." ORIGINAL BILL IN THE NATURE OF supplemental bill. A bill embracing in some degree the qualities of both an original and a supplemental bill. It is founded on an event occurring after the filing of the original bill, of such a nature that the suit cannot be continued as to all the parties, a& by a supplemental bill.