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Sittings at chambers.
Office hours and holidays.
Commencement of actions.
Warrant to sue.
Arrest allowed in case of debtors ... being about to leave the Colony.
ORDINANCE No. 15 OF 1844.
Supreme Court.
28. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the Chief Justice of the said Supreme Court shall attend at chambers, at such times, and so often as occasion shall require, (except during the months of June, July, August, and September,) for the purpose of hearing parties upon summonses, hearing applications for time, leave to amend, and such other matters as may be brought before him by any rule or order of the said Court; and that the mode of procuring the attendance of any party before the said Chief Justice at chambers, shall be by summons, to be taken out from the Registrar's Office, which summons shall state the names and description of the parties, and the object of the attendance, and shall be signed by the Registrar or his deputy.
29. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the offices of the said Supreme Court shall be open every day during term, between the hours of ten in the morning, and four in the afternoon, and out of term, between the hours of ten in the morning, and three in the afternoon, except upon Sundays, and the holidays hereinafter mentioned, and the months of June, July, August, and September, for the issuing of processes, the filing of affidavits, petitions, declarations, pleas, answers, and other pleadings, and granting copies thereof, and for doing and performing all other necessary acts, duties, and things in the said offices: and the holidays in the said offices shall be New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Her Majesty's Birthday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, the anniversary of Her Majesty's Coronation, and Christmas Day, and the day after.
30. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all suits and actions of a common law nature, shall be commenced in the said Supreme Court by summons, or other process in the nature of a writ of summons; and that at the time of issuing such writ of summons the plaintiff shall lodge, with the Registrar of the Court, a short statement, or abstract, in writing, of the cause of action, and the Registrar of the Court shall indorse, on the back of such writ of summons, the amount of the debt or damages sought to be recovered, together with the sum due for costs: and in suit or action every which shall be hereafter commenced in the said Court, where the plaintiff shall complain by attorney, the attorney of the party complaining shall, before any process issued out to compel the appearance of any person to answer any complaint or demand, file his warrant or authority to sue, signed by the party complaining, with the Registrar of the said Court.
31. Provided always, and be it further enacted and ordained, that if any person shall have a claim, or ground of action, of whatever nature, against any other person who shall be about to leave the Colony, or who may reasonably be suspected of an intention so to do, either for the purpose of avoiding process in such action, or otherwise, and the party having such claim or ground of action as aforesaid, shall produce to the said Chief Justice an affidavit of such his right of action, and of the intention of such other party to leave the Colony, and shall also state in such affidavit the grounds upon which he believes that the other party is about to leave the Colony as aforesaid, in such case it shall be lawful for the said Chief Justice to order a writ of capias ad respondendum, (in the form given in the schedule hereunto annexed, marked