Common Law Procedure Act 1854

1854 c. 125

An Act for the further Amendment of the Process, Practice, and Mode of Pleading in and enlarging the Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, . . .F1

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Words omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

3–17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

21–27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

31–58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

60–86. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

87 Actions on lost negotiable instruments.

In case of any action founded upon a . . . F12 negotiable instrument, it shall be lawful for the court or a judge to order that the loss of such instrument shall not be set up, provided an indemnity is given, to the satisfaction of the court or judge, or a master, against the claims of any other person upon such negotiable instrument.

88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

90‐102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

106 Short title of Act.

In citing this Act in any instrument, document, or proceeding, it shall be sufficient to use the expression, “The Common Law Procedure Act 1854.”

107 Act not to extend to Ireland or Scotland.

Nothing in this act shall extend to Ireland or Scotland, . . . F18