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Assignment of certain business to particular Divisions of High Court, subject to rules.
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36. There shall be assigned (subject as aforesaid) to the Chancery Division of the said Court:
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(1.) All causes and matters pending in the Court of Chancery at the commencement of this Act:
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(2.) All causes and matters to be commenced after the commencement of this Act under any Act of Parliament by which exclusive jurisdiction in respect to such causes or matters has been given to the Court of Chancery, or to any Judges or Judge thereof respectively:
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(3.) All matters pending in the Landed Estates Court at the commencement of this Act:
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(4.) All matters which would have been within the exclusive cognizance of the Landed Estates Court, or of any Judge or Judges thereof, if this Act had not passed:
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(5.) All causes and matters for any of the following purposes:
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The administration of the estates of deceased persons;
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The dissolution of partnerships, or the taking of partnership or other accounts;
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The redemption or foreclosure of mortgages;
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The raising of portions, or other charges on land;
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The sale and distribution of the proceeds of property subject to any lien or charge;
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The execution of trusts, charitable or private;
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The rectification, or setting aside, or cancellation of deeds or other written instruments;
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The specific performance of contracts between vendors and purchasers of land, including contracts for leases, and also the specific performance of any other contracts in respect of which a Court of Equity decrees performance;
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The partition or sale of real estates, including chattels real;
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The wardship of infants and the care of infants estates.
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All causes and matters included under the heads above numbered (3) and (4) shall be assigned to the Land Judges of the Chancery Division.
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There shall be assigned (subject as aforesaid) to the Queen's Bench Division of the said Court:
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All causes and matters, civil and criminal, pending in the Court of Queen's Bench at the commencement of this Act:
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(2.) All causes and matters, civil and criminal, which would have been within the exclusive cognizance of the Court of Queen's Bench in the exercise of its original jurisdiction if this Act had not passed.
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There shall be assigned (subject as aforesaid) to the Exchequer Division of the said Court:
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(1.) All causes and matters pending in the Court of Exchequer at the commencement of this Act:
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(2.) All causes and matters which would have been within the the exclusive cognizance of the Court of Exchequer, either as a Court of Revenue or as a Common Law Court, if this Act had not passed.
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There shall be assigned (subject as aforesaid) to the Probate and Matrimonial Division of the said Court:
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(1.) All causes and matters pending in the Court of Probate, or in the Court for Matrimonial Causes and Matters, at the commencement of this Act:
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(2.) All causes and matters which would have been within the exclusive cognizance of the Court of Probate, or of the Court for Matrimonial Causes and Matters, if this Act had not passed.
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