Ontario. High Court of Justice. Queen's Bench Division

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. High Court of Justice. Queen's Bench Division

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Queen's Bench Division

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. High Court of Justice. King's Bench Division

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1881-1913

    Historique

    With the passage of the Ontario Judicature Act of 1881, the court system for Ontario was reorganized. The Courts of Queen's Bench, Appeal, Chancery, and Common Pleas were merged to form the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario. This new Supreme Court, in turn, consisted of two branches - the High Court of Justice, and the Court of Appeal. Within the High Court of Justice there were a further three divisions established - the Queen's Bench Division, the Chancery Division, and the Common Pleas Division. The number of judges in the Queen's Bench Division was to remain the same as was required of the former Court of Queen's Bench, ie. three, with the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench becoming the President of the new division.

    One of the primary differences in this new structure was the fact that each of the branches and divisions within the Supreme Court of Judicature were now empowered with authority over both equitable and legal jurisdiction. As well, Terms were abolished and all the Courts sat as business required. Every action was begun by Writ, with the plaintiff specifying in which division of the High Court he or she wished the action to lie.

    With the Law Reform Act of 1909 - which came into force in 1913 - the separate divisions of the High Court were abolished and the authority and jurisidiction of the former divisions were assumed by the new High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    The Queen's Bench Division, being part of the High Court of Justice, had legal jurisdiction over both criminal and civil matters, as well as full equitable jurisdiction.

    Adresse

    Ontario Judicature Act, Statutes of Ontario 1881, Chap. 5

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. High Court of Justice (1881-1989)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA50

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. High Court of Justice contrôles Ontario. High Court of Justice. Queen's Bench Division

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Court of Queen's Bench (1794-1881)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA34

    Type de relation

    temporel

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Court of Queen's Bench est le prédécesseur de Ontario. High Court of Justice. Queen's Bench Division

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    CA46

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        Banks, Margaret A. Evolution of the Ontario Courts 1788-1981 (1983)

        Zuber, The Honourable T.G. Report of the Ontario Courts Inquiry (1987)

        Riddell, William. The Bar and the Courts of Upper Canada or Ontario (1928)

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Notes de maintenance

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger