court of requests
court of requests court of requests. (a) a local tribunal, sometimes called court of consience , founded by act of parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly abolished. (b) a court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now abolished. it was inferior to the court of chancery. [eng.].. see request | ||||
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Court of Requests
The Court of Requests comprised a minor court of the king's council in England, under the presidency of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.
It may have originated an Order-in-Council of 1390 directing the lords of the council to form a committee to examine the petitions of the humble people. Its had jurisdiction chiefly in matters of equity, and owing to the small expenses of procedure it grew in popularity, especially for cases not of sufficient importance to bring into the Court of Chancery itself.
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