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- Civil court cases: an overview
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawlaw and ordertrials - Civil court cases: assize courts 1656-1971
Keywords: assize courtscivil litigationcourts of lawearly modern periodlaw and ordertrials - Civil court cases: Chancery Division since 1875
Keywords: chancery (court of)civil litigationcourts of lawlaw and ordertrials - Civil court cases: Chancery equity suits 1558-1875
Keywords: chancery (court of)civil litigationcourts of lawearly modern periodequity courtslaw and ordertrials - Civil court cases: Chancery equity suits before 1558
Keywords: chancery (court of)civil litigationcourts of lawearly modern periodequity courtslaw and ordertrials - Civil court cases: Court of Common Pleas
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawearly modern periodlaw and order - Civil court cases: disputed wills
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawdeathsearly modern periodlaw and orderprerogative court of canterburyprobatetrialswills - Civil courts: appeal cases after 1875
Keywords: chancery (court of)civil litigationcourts of lawlaw and ordertrials - Court of King’s Bench records 1200-1702
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawkings bench (court of)law and ordertrials - Court of Requests records 1485-1642
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawearly modern periodequity courtslaw and orderrequests (court of)trials - Court of Star Chamber records 1485-1642
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawearly modern periodequity courtslaw and orderstar chamber (court of)trials - Court of Wards and Liveries 1540-1645: land inheritance and disputes
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawdeeds (property ownership)early modern periodlandland ownershipwards and liveries (court of) - Courts of law records from the medieval period: general eyres 1194-1348
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawcrime and criminalscriminal courtseyres (general)general eyreslaw and ordermedieval periodtrials - Courts of law records held in other archives
Keywords: civil litigationconvictscourts of lawcrime and criminalscriminal courtslaw and ordertrials