COURT OF
KING'S BENCH
(1 for the entire province)
All civil matters; appeal to the Governor and
Council in cases >£St300, and to the King and Council in cases >£St500
COURTS OF ASSIZE
(in Montreal and Trois-Rivières as needed)
All civil matters; appeal to the Governor and
Council in cases >£St300, and to the King and Council in cases >£St500
COURT(S) OF COMMON PLEAS
(1 for the entire province; from 1770, 1 for
each district)
Civil matters >£St10 (to 1770), all civil
matters (from 1770); appeal to the Court of King's Bench in cases >£St20,
and to the Governor and Council in cases >£St300
COURTS OF QUARTER SESSIONS
OF THE PEACE (to 1770)
(1 for each district)
Civil matters £10 to £30; appeal
to the Court of King's Bench in all cases
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
(numerous in each district)
1 Justice: civil matters £5 (to
1770)
2 Justices: civil matters £5 to
£10 (to 1770)
Specially commissioned Justices: civil
matters £3 not involving title to property (from 1770)
BAILIFFS
(1 for each parish)
Certain minor civil matters; appeal to the Courts
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in all cases |
COURT OF
KING'S BENCH
(1 for the entire province)
All criminal matters; appeal to the King and
Council from fines >£St100 (from 1768, or possibly not at all)
COURTS OF ASSIZE
(in Montreal and Trois-Rivières as needed)
All criminal matters; appeal to the King and
Council from fines >£St100 (from 1768, or possibly not at all)
COURTS OF QUARTER SESSIONS
OF THE PEACE
(1 for each district)
Criminal matters not involving loss of life or
limb
COURTS OF WEEKLY SESSIONS
OF THE PEACE
(1 in Quebec City and Montreal)
Minor criminal matters; appeal to the Courts
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in certain cases
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
(numerous in each district)
Minor criminal matters; appeal to the Courts
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in certain cases |
KING AND
COUNCIL
Appeals from the Governor and Council and (from
1773) the Court of Appeals, in civil cases >£St500; appeals from
all courts in criminal cases involving fines £St100 (from 1768, or
possibly not at all)
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
(1 for the entire province)
Appeals from the Court of King's Bench, the Courts
of Assize, and the Court(s) of Common Pleas, in civil cases >£St300;
appeal to the King and Council in cases >£St500
COURT OF KING'S BENCH
(to 1773)
(1 for the entire province)
Appeals from the Court(s) of Common Pleas in
civil cases >£St10, and (to 1770) from the Courts of Quarter Sessions
of the Peace in all civil cases; appeal to the Governor in the Council
in cases >£St300 and to the King and Council in cases >£St500
COURT OF APPEALS (from
1773)
(1 for the entire province)
Appeals from the Courts of Common Pleas in civil
cases >£St10; appeal to the King and Council in cases >£St500
COURTS OF QUARTER SESSIONS
OF THE PEACE
(1 for each district)
Appeals from the Courts of Weekly Sessions of
the Peace and the petty sessions of the Justices of the Peace in specific
criminal cases, and from the sessions of the Bailiffs in all civil cases |