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416 THE WORKING OF THE NEW DIVORCE ACT^
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a disease t the tinae . The of measure its passing for - b abolishing y any but attendant professional terms lawyers , though , has little been regarded shown land thousan to have The d saved pounds amoun in in the t of the very injustice convey first ance year of ht of and h its requiring existence investigation a all hundred debts into the to and be title sued fifty to
for in . the Courts of Westminster wroug Hall was y never clearly understood until a measure County Courts of it ; was and afforded so we do by not the believe thousands that any of cases one either broug of ht the into most the
* leas eager t idea suppor of ters the quantity or violent of opponents matrimonial of the misery Divorce which Bill was of silent 1857 onl had y the for want of the opportunity to express itself until certified of the fact by the
the crowde suitors d state . Parliament of the Court doubtless of Divorce thought , that and when the enormou it assigned s pressure one Judge of - Cour Ordinar t to y confirm to transact his decisions the business it had in the taken fir all st suitable instance , precautions and forme for d a keep Pull
jud ing ge down who accep arrears ted ; the and position we do , of not Jud doubt ge-Ordinar that the y , has able done and all experienced that judge can do in discharging the onerous duties of his office . Things have ,
howsocial ever , turned existence out were very hidden differentl many y . Beneath strange the things smooth which current now for of the Eng first lish overloaded time are broug with ht arrears to light of , bus and iness the than Cour the t , young most venerable as it is , of is our alread tribunals y more .
were Difficul no t t unreasonabl , too , are y fel an t tici from pated the at constitution the time of of passing the Full the Court Bill . , w It hich is while exceeding the ly Jud difficul -Ordinary t to obtain is the overloaded attendance with of the business Chief Justice the Full , and Court thus is ,
brought to a stand ge -still . The Full Court sat only two days , during the sittings we after believe last term after , and Easter it has . This just would contrived be bad to sit two more if the . It ties is to of t sit he again Court , , enoug
of were collusion only those in cases of a Cour of divorce t of App j , e and al ; the but the analogy jealousy of the not proceedings unreasonabl of y fel the t led House Parliament of Lords to while vest exercising the final decision this particular of all suits kind in the of jurisdiction Full Court . , have The
h resul undred t is that undef th en ere ded are suits at thi ting s moment for adj , udica besides tion the , and defended likely , at actions the rate , one of gress two or , to three wait , and ys a accumula term , which te for seems an indefinite to be the period present . max Large imum numbers of pro of
t ings tnesses , and h have ave been had summoned to go back , in without many giving cases ver their y poor testimony , to attend . In the some sitt such cases he expense the delay consequence , and and exx ha _3 ve ense has ab must andoned been that be exceeding their the petitioners suits l altogether _grievoxis have been . but In unable the all liti unspeak to meet tion
able importance of the decisions in these cases y to the parties , concerned makes danger such a de of la tampering y a peculiar with har the dshi witnesses p to the . parties We , cannot and greatl imag y increases a case more the
urgen difficult tly to pressing find . for a remedy than this , and 'happily that remedy is not '' The reme from d y is is the indicated constitution by the of nature Court of the which disease is formed . What out the of public is
w suffering hose time ' is already occupied in the a public service . It seems absurd judges to re should quire h that ave business to wait so for urgent the decision as that which of the is comparativel intrusted to this trivial new tribunal matters
which form the staple of the business in our Courts of Law y . In a Divorce the Court character every case of the must parties be of concerned importance , to — their of unspeak future position able importance and plan —to of . life
damages of ac , and tions to caused for public goods by morality the sold carelessness or . To delivered postpone of the , small such drivers wei bills g of hty cab f s , tt omnibuse ers hange for , the or s , and f k e
bakers' carts , is indeed to take tithe of mint and cummin , and neglect th _^ _-
416 The Working Of The New Divorce Act^
416 THE WORKING OF THE NEW DIVORCE ACT _^
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 416, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/56/
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