Court of Appeal in Chancery

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The Court of Appeal in Chancery was a 19th-century English appellate court that heard appeals from the Court of Chancery before being replaced by the modern Court of Appeal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court
court
former court
alsoKnownAs Court of Appeal in Chancery
surface form: Court of Appeal in Chancery of England
appliedInJurisdiction England and Wales
appliesLegalPrinciple doctrine of trusts
equity
injunctions
specific performance
areaServed England
Wales
composition Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor

Court of Appeal in Chancery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery
country England
courtType equity court
dissolvedBy Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875
endTime 1875
establishedBy Judicature Acts
surface form: Chancery Amendment Act 1851

Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851
followed Court of Chancery
function to review and determine appeals from the Court of Chancery
hadJurisdictionOver appeals from decrees of the Lord Chancellor
appeals from orders of the Vice-Chancellors
appeals in equity
heardAppealsFrom Court of Chancery
historicalPeriod Victorian era
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalStatus abolished
legalSystem common law
location London, England
surface form: London
notableJudge Lord Justice Giffard
Lord Justice James
Lord Justice Knight-Bruce
Lord Justice Mellish
Lord Justice Turner
numberOfJudges 3
partOf Court of Chancery system
English legal system
replaced appeal jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor sitting alone
replacedBy Civil Division of the Court of Appeal
surface form: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Court of Appeal of England and Wales
seat Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster
surface form: Westminster Hall
significantEvent integration into the Supreme Court of Judicature in 1875
startTime 1851
successor Court of Appeal of England and Wales

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Court of Appeal of England and Wales predecessor Court of Appeal in Chancery
Court of Chancery hasJudge Court of Appeal in Chancery
this entity surface form: Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery
Court of Appeal in Chancery composition Court of Appeal in Chancery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery
Court of Appeal in Chancery alsoKnownAs Court of Appeal in Chancery
this entity surface form: Court of Appeal in Chancery of England