Stannaries Act 1855
IProcess in case of Mines of mixed Minerals.
IIInterpretation of Terms.
IIIAs to Suits by-Pursers, &c. for Contribution against non-resident Shareholders.
IVPlaintiff may join several Adventurers in One Petition, &c.
VAs to Suits by Creditors for Payment of Debts of Adventurers in a Mine.
VIAs to Suits for Account between Adventurers.
VIIProcess in Suits against non-resident Defendants.
VIIIService of Process out of Stannaries.
With respect to the Execution of Judgments and Decrees of the Court of the Vice-Warden, be it enacted as follows :
IXAs to Execution of Judgments and Decrees of the Court of the Vice-Warden. Where such Judgments cannot be conveniently enforced Superior Courts may issue Process for Recovery of Amounts due on the same.
XExecution of Decrees, &c. in Equity Suits in or out of Stannaries.
XIInterpleader in Equity.
XIIAdjudication to be final.
XIIIUpon Application by Registrar, &c., Action may be stayed.
XIVFreehold, &c. not to be adjudicated upon without Consent.
XVEjectment in the Stannaries.
XVISummary Suits for small Debts extended to Torts.
XVIIRemoval of certain Causes from the County Court.
XVIIIPleading to Jurisdiction.
XIXPower of Registrar on Interlocutory-Applications.
XXPower for Vice-Warden, with Consent of Parties, to refer Cases to Arbitration.
XXIPower of Vice-Warden to hold his Court at any Place within the Stannaries for certain Purposes.
XXIIProduction of Lists of Shareholders in Mines.
XXIIIPower to make or adopt Rules, Orders, and Practice of Superior Courts of Law or Equity.
XXIVProvision for Illness or accidental Absent of Vice-Warden.
XXVAllowances to be made on auditing the Registrar's Accounts.
XXVIRegulation of Appeals.
XXVIIAs to levying and Application of Fines.
XXVIIIPunishment of Frauds by Miners in Devonshire.
XXIXVice-Warden to be qualified to act as a Justice of the Peace in the County.
XXXParts of Acts repealed.
XXXILaw Clerk of the Duchy of Cornwall to act as Attorney or Solicitor in all Courts.
XXXIIStannaries of Cornwall and Devon to be united as to Jurisdiction.
XXXIIIThe Vice-Warden to sit in Devonshire when sufficient Funds shall be provided for such Sitting.
XXXIVCollector in Devonshire.
XXXVJurors to be qualified as at Assizes. No Sittings in Devon till Duchy Council or Commissioners shall direct.
XXXVIAssessment of Mines and Minerals in Devon.
XXXVIICommitment of Prisoners in Devonshire.
XXXVIIIProvision for the eventual Establishment of a separate Court in Devonshire.

Stannaries Act 1855

1855 Chapter 32

An Act to amend and extend the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court.

WHEREAS it is desirable to explain and amend the Acts heretofore passed for the Administration of Justice in the Stannaries, and to make the Jurisdiction and Process of the Court of the Vice-Warden more efficient, and to regulate Appeals from the Vice-Warden :

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows :