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Agency No. 101
Agency Title  CIVIL COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Start Date  1 Jan 1832
End Date  31 Dec 1860
Category  Courthouse
Creating Legislation  An Act to establish a Court of Civil Judicature 1832- 2nd Guelielmi IV No 1
Agency Description  The Legislative Council passed an Act for establishing the Court of Civil Judicature (2 Wm IV No. 1) on the 10 February 1832, to be known as the Civil Court of Western Australia. The Court was to be held before one Judge, called "The Commissioner of the Civil Court of Western Australia". The Court was to deal with all cases as the Courts of Westminister in England, with authority to appoint Guardians and Committees over persons and property of infants, idiots and lunatics, and to grant probates of Wills, and commit letters of Administration. Suits were to be commenced in the Court by Summons and not by arrest.

Pleadings in the Court were to be oral and made in person. In 1861 all the powers of the Civil Court were transferred to the Supreme Court by the Supreme Court Ordinance (24 Vic. No. 15) on 18 June 1861.
 
Preceding Agencies 
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Succeeding Agencies 
44 SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 Jan 1861 ~   Detail
 
Superior Agencies 
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Subordinate Agencies 
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Functions exercised by this agency 
1 LAW AND ORDER 1 Jan 1832 ~ 31 Dec 1860   Detail
 
Record series created by this agency 
34 FILES - PROBATE 1 Jan 1832 ~ 31 Dec 1860   Detail
51 MINUTES OF INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
52 INSOLVENCY RECORDS (INSOLVENT ORDINANCE, 1856) 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
55 INDEX TO PROBATE & ADMINISTRATION FILES 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
56 COPIES OF GRANTS OF PROBATE 1 Jan 1832 ~ 1 Jan 1861   Detail
57 COPIES OF GRANTS OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION -  Detail
59 APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (ORIGINALS) 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
63 ANTHONY CURTIS LETTERBOOK 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
64 NOMINAL INDEX TO PROBATE & ADMINISTRATION RECORDS 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
126 NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS RETURNS OF SCHEDULES FOR REGISTRATION 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
129 REGISTERS - CIVIL COURT RECORDS OF PLAINTS 1 Jan 1832 ~ 1 Jan 1861   Detail
136 MINUTE BOOKS - CIVIL COURT 1 Jan 1832 ~ 1 Jan 1861   Detail
182 DAY BOOKS - INSOLVENTS' ACCOUNTS 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
196 REGISTERS - RETURNS OF CIVIL & CRIMINAL BUSINESS 1 Jan 1851 ~ 30 Dec 1860   Detail
201 FILES - CIVIL WRITS 1 Jan 1832 ~ 1 Jan 1861   Detail
 

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