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60 ORDINANCE No. 15 OF 1844.


Supreme Court .


Sittings at 28. And be it further enacted and ordained , that the Chief Justice of the said
chambers.
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 pur
pose 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.

Office hours and 29. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the offices of the said Supreme
holidays.
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.
Commencement 30. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all suits and actions of a
of actions.
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
Warrant to sue. sought to be recovered , together with the sum due for costs : and in every suit or action
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.

Arrest allowed in 31. Provided always, and be it further enacted and ordained, that if any person
case of debtors
being about to shall have a claim, or ground of action , of whatever nature, against any other person
leave the Colony.
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