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Judge Ordinary

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

By St. 20 & 21 Vict, c. 85, § 9, the Judge of the court of probate was made judge of the court for divorce and matrimonial causes created by that act, under the name of the "judge ordinary."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A judge of the English court of probate for divorce and matrimonial causes.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

By St. 20 & 21 Viet. c. 85, § 9, the judge of the court of probate was made judge of the court for divorce and matrimonial causes created by that act, under the name of the "judge ordinary." In Scotland, the title "judge ordinary" is applied to all those judges, whether supreme or inferior, who, by the nature of their office, have a fixed and determinate jurisdiction in ali actions of the same general nature, as contradistinguished from the old Scotch privy council, or from those judges to whom some special matter is committed ; such as commissioners for taking proofs, and messengers at arms. Beil.

Defined under Judge in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

By St. 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85, § 9, the judge of the court of probate was made judge of the court for divorce and matrimonial causes created by that act, under the name of "judge ordinary." In Scotland, the title "judge ordinary" applied to all those judges, whether supreme or inferior, who, by the nature of their office, have a fixed and determinate jurisdiction in all actions of the same general nature, as contradistinguished from the old Scotch privy council, or from those judges to whom some special matter is committed; such as commissioners for taking proofs, and messengers at arms. Bell.