Catalogue description RECORDS OF LEICESTER COUNTY COURT

This record is held by Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

Details of DE4482
Reference: DE4482
Title: RECORDS OF LEICESTER COUNTY COURT
Description:

Nos. 3 - 6 Not used
Date: 1837 - 1966
Held by: Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Leicester County Court
Access conditions:

All records are closed for 75 years from date of last entry.
Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited: 24 March 1994
Selection and destruction information:

Before deposit at the Record Office the records were weeded by staff at the Crown Court following Departmental guidelines. Whilst all surviving records before 1850 were retained, thereafter only a sample of records was preserved.
Subjects:
  • Courts
  • Administration of justice
Administrative / biographical background:

The County Court was first established under the County Court Act 1846, as a civil court with jurisdiction over recovery of debts and civil actions up to certain financial limits, including bankruptcy.
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