PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON THE

JURISDICTION

OF THE

HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY,

OVER

THE PERSONS AND PROPERTY OF

Enfants.

BY

JOHN DAVID CHAMBERS, M. A.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

LONDON:

SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS, (SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH and son,)

43, FLEET STREET.

TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE

JOHN SINGLETON, LORD LYNDHURST,

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR, &c. &c.

WHOSE DISCERNING INTELLECT, PERSPICUOUS ELOQUENCE, AND

PROFOUND JURIDICAL ATTAINMENTS

PRE-EMINENT IN TURN AT THE BAR, IN THE SENATE,
AND ON THE BENCH,

NOW, FOR THE THIRD TIME, ADORN THE

HIGHEST JUDICIAL OFFICE,

THIS ATTEMPT TO DEVELOPE AND DEFINE THE JURISDICTION OF

THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY

OVER THE PERSONS AND PROPERTY OF INFANTS,

IS (WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S KIND PERMISSION) INSCRIBED,

BY HIS OBLIGED AND HUMBLE SERVANT,

3, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn,

Feb. 24, 1842.

THE AUTHOR.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER I.—The Origin of the Jurisdiction, 1.

CHAPTER II.-Who are Infants within the Jurisdiction, 13.

CHAPTER III.-Of the Mode in which the Court will inform itself of

the existence of Infancy, and judge of the Infant's

Age, 18.

CHAPTER IV.-Of the Extent and Nature of the Jurisdiction, 19.

CHAPTER V.-Of the Mode to be adopted to bring Infants within the

Jurisdiction, 24.

PART I.

AS TO THE PERSONS OF INFANTS.

BOOK II.

OF THE CONTROLLING JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OVER

THE PERSONS OF INFANTS.

CHAPTER I.-The Rule that Infants must be kept within the Juris-

diction, 26.

SECT. I.-The General Rule, 26.

SECT. II.-The Exceptions, 28.

CHAPTER II.-Of the Authority of the Court as to the Place of

Residence and Custody of the Infant within the

Jurisdiction, 33.