Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Minutes, orders, and commissions
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- Textual record
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Series
Reference code
CA PCA RG6.6-s1
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Date(s)
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1793-1973 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
.8 m. of textual records
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Prince Edward Island. Court of Chancery
(ca. 1793-1974)
Custodial history
Scope and content
This series is composed of the official and draft minutes of the daily activities of the sessions of the Court of Chancery both in the Rolls Court and the Vice-Chancellor's Court. The official minute books are indexed and refer to the case by number allowing access to the case files in Series 2. The series also contains 4 volumes of orders and commissions which are the rulings of the Court on petitions, bills of complaint, etc., brought by the plaintiffs or defendants on issues arising out of the case in process. It has been divided into the following subseries:
Subseries1: Minutes (1793-1943)
Subseries2: Rough minutes (1851-1973)
Subseries3: Orders and commissions (1919-1908)
Notes area
Arrangement
Arrangement is in chronological order except in the official minutes where the Rolls Court minutes and the Vice-Chancellor's Court minutes form two sequences for the period between 1881 and 1943
Language of material
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Restrictions on access
ADOPTION RECORDS ARE RESTRICTED. To access Chancery Court material, please speak to an archivist.
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General note
Volumes 5 and 6 of the Minutes (Subseries1) physically contain volumes 3 and 4 respectively of the orders and commissions (Subseries3)