DELEGATES

The court of delegates was so called, because these delegates sat by force of the king’s commi ion under the great seal, upon an appeal to the king in the court of Chancery, in three causes: 1. When a sentence was given in any ecclesiastical cause by the archbishop or his official: 2. When any sentence was given in any ecclesiastical cause in places exempt: 3. When a sentence was given in the admiral’s court, in suit civil and marine, by the order of the civil laws. And these commi ioners were called delegates, because they were delegated by the king’s commi ion for these purposes. For the origin of the high court of delegates, see 24 Hen. VIII. c. 12, and 25 Hen. VIII. c. 19, §4. By the 2 & 3 Wm. IV. c. 92, the powers of the high court of delegates, both in ecclesiastical and maritime causes, are transferred to her Majesty in council; which transfer is further regulated by the 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 41, and by 7 & 8 Vict. c. 69. This act does not extend to Ireland. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, consists of | The Lord President. | | | The Lord Chancellor. | | | The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. | Provided they be councillors. | | The Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench. | | The Master of the Rolls. | | The Vice-chancellor. | | The Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. | | The Chief Baron of the Exchequer. | | The Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. | | The Judge of the Admiralty Court. | | The Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court. | | All who have held the a forenamed offices. | | Two privy-councillors appointed by | | the sign-manual. | | No matter is to be heard unle in the presence of at least four members of the committee; and no report or recommendation made to the Crown, unle a majority of the members present at the hearing shall concur in such report or recommendation.