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Case type
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Definition
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Abduction |
Cases involving the abduction of men, women, apprentices, servants etc. |
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Arbitration |
Cases concerning or involving decisions made at arbitration. |
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Assault |
Cases involving physical assault or personal injury, either on the plaintiff themselves or on servants or others for which the plaintiff seeks compensation. |
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Bond |
Cases directly involving the payment or non-payment of a bond (not used for detinue cases involving the detention of bonds). |
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Breach of Statute |
Cases involving the breach of one or more statutes. |
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Contract (not service/employment, or marriage) |
Contract other than those involving service or employment, or marriage. |
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Contract (service/apprenticeship) |
Contract involving service or apprenticeship agreement. |
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Debt |
Debt case of unspecified nature or not matching other pre-defined case types. |
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Detention of goods |
Cases involving the detention of goods / chattels, including documents. |
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Dower |
Cases involving dower rights to real estate or chattels. |
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Embracery |
Illegal influence over juries, or corruption by jurors, contrary to various statutes. |
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Housebreaking |
Cases involving the breaking of an individual's house or close. |
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Imprisonment |
Cases involving the unlawful imprisonment of one or more parties or other individuals. |
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Loan |
Debts involving loans, generally of money. |
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Maintenance |
Maintaining the suit of a third party, as per the statute OR Maintaining a false suit (malicious) on one's own behalf. |
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Marriage contract |
Cases involving, or related to, marriage contracts. |
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Negligence |
Failure of individual (official, tradesman, etc) to carry out duties, through negligence or corruption. |
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Real action / rents / damage to real estate |
Cases involving the seisin of property, or the renting / leasing / holding of properties for a set period. |
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Reckoning of Account |
Cases involving the reckoning of an account, either debts outstanding or the failure to render such an account. |
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Safe keeping |
Cases involving property (real estate / chattels / documents) put into safe keeping, generally with a third party. |
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Sale of goods |
Cases directly or indirectly involving the sale of goods. |
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Surety of peace |
Cases involving bonds / oaths / agreements giving surety for good behavior. |
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Taking of goods |
Cases involving the unauthorized taking of chattels. |
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Trespass (Chattels) |
Deprivation of an individual from their property, by destruction, damage, etc. (e.g. unauthorised killing of livestock), but not theft. |
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Usurpation / abuse of rights |
Cases involving the abuse of rights of appointment / taxation / lordship by one or more individuals. |
