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Suitors' Fee Fund

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A fund arising partly from the fees of the English court of chancery, and partly from the surplus income of the suitors' fund (q. v.) Out of it the salaries and other expenses of the court of chancery were paid. By the Courts of Justice (Salaries and Funds) Act 1866, the suitors' fee fund was transferred to the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, and the salaries and expenses formerly paid out of it were charged on the consolidated fund. Rep. Chanc. Fund Comm. 1864.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A fund in the English court of chancery into which the fees of suitors in that court were paid, and out of which the salaries of various officers of the court were defrayed. Wharton.