The Practice & Procedure of the House of Lords, in English, Scotch &.

London: Butterworths, 1879. Denison, Charles Marsh. Scott, Charles Henderson. The Practice & Procedure of the House of Lords, in English, Scotch & Irish Appeal Cases Under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876: With the Standing Orders, Forms, Bills of Costs, Directions to Agents, &c. London: Butterworths, 1879. lxii, 240 pp. Original cloth with gilt stamped spine and covers. Moderately worn with rubbing to spine. Slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Ex-library with card pocket and date due slips to front pastedown. Property stamp to title page. Internally clean. $150. * This treatise discusses how to handle appeal cases from England, Scotland, and Ireland to the House of Lords, outlining the specific steps, forms, and fees required for litigation in the highest court of the United Kingdom. It provides a history of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, details the new practice and procedure for appeals following the passage of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and contains the full text of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, along with related statutes, forms, bills of costs, and standing orders of the court. This act significantly reformed the judicial functions of the House of Lords. Before this time, the entire body of the House could hear appeals. The act ensured that appeals would be heard by the most qualified members of the House by: maintaining the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, authorizing the appointment of professional, salaried judges, known as "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary" or "Law Lords," who would hear the appeals, and allowing appeals to be heard even when Parliament was not in session.…