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Fonds

Fonds consists of: Sous-fonds - Supreme Court at Halifax, Sous-fonds - Supreme Court on county circuit

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court
Circuit records at Sydney
Series · 1767-1949
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of case files and official record books of the court sitting at Sydney.

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Cape Breton County)
Circuit records at Truro
Series · 1805-1957
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of official record books and case files of the court sitting at Truro.

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Colchester County)
Digby County circuit records
Series · 1860-1975
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of official records books and case files of the court sitting in Digby County (Digby and Clare).

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Digby County)
Series · 1836-1923
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of official record books and case files of the court sitting in Guysborough County (Guysborough and Sherbrooke).

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Guysborough County)
Kings County circuit records
Series · 1782-1960
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of official record books and case files of the court sitting in Kings County (predominantly Kentville).

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Kings County)
Circuit records at Pictou
Series · 1806-1956
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of official record books and case files of the court sitting at Pictou.

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Pictou County)
Circuit records at Baddeck
Series · 1852-1975
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of case files and official record books of the court sitting at Baddeck.

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Victoria County)
Proceedings books
Subseries · 1884-1963
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

books in which court proceedings were recorded. In general, for each case the proceedings note the parties, their counsel, the witnesses called by each party, whether they were cross-examined, and the disposition of the case. Though some prothonotaries had earlier kept notes on court activity, the proceedings books became mandatory in 1884 when legislation first addressed the records to be kept by local prothonotaries. Although not typical, the Annapolis County proceedings books record jury lists, County Court proceedings, County chambers proceedings and proceedings of the County Court Judge's Criminal Court, proceedings of the Supreme Court, and, during the 1950s and 1960s, divorce proceedings.

Docket books
Subseries · Microfilmed in 1975
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Subseries forms part of Shelburne County circuit records series and consists of docket books that provide a schedule or calendar of actions or matters for hearing or trial. Books provide case file number, action and proceedings taken, and attending lawyers. Books include nominal index by name of plaintiff and defendant. Series is arranged chronologically.

Circuit records at Windsor
Series · 1812-1987
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of official record books and case files of the court sitting at Windsor.

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Hants County)
Supreme Court at Halifax
Subfonds · 1750-1969
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

case files and official record books. Although by statute the status of the Supreme Court at Halifax was not remarkably different from that of the Supreme Court on County Circuit, the reality is that the records of the court at Halifax have a greater complexity which is seen in their great volume and also in the diversity of types of records. Sous-fonds consists of Series - Official record books

Divorce cause books
Accession 2000-002 · Subseries
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of the Official record books series of the Supreme Court at Halifax sub-fonds and consists of registers used to record the filing of petitions for divorce as well as subsequent actions by the court in relation to the petition, including the granting of any decrees, the hearing of evidence, and the filing of orders for support and maintenance. The pagination and numbering of the volumes subsequent to 1901 reflect case numbers assigned by the registrar. The books prior to 1901 are of a different character and record, verbatim, decrees issued by the court as well as recording other actions in relation to the case.

Subseries · 1821-1952
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Series forms part of the Official record books series of the Supreme Court at Halifax sub-fonds and consists of registers used by the Supreme Court at Halifax to index case numbers by plaintiff and defendant as they were assigned. The indexing is chronological and then alphabetical by the first letter of a party's last name. Prior to the start of case numbering in 1861 these registers were used as indexes to the cause books which recorded the commencement of cases. Some subsequent index volumes record case number as well as the page number reference to the cause book. Prior to 1861 the indexes refer only to cause book page numbers. The registers are independent of the cause books for which they act as indexes and have been divided by years for convenience. Indeed, book 14 starts with the notation, "new millennium - new book." Overlapping time periods probably indicate that some volumes were copied to replace others which due to use needed replacement.
In 1928 the court administration office changed to an index card system. Subsequent to 1952 the cards were photographically copied into index books which were microfilmed by the NS Archives in the period 2011 to 2013.

Cause book
1996-282/001 · Subseries · 1923-1977
Part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia fonds

Sub-series forms part of Guysborough County circuit records and consists of a cause book that provides a calendar of actions or matters for hearing or trial. Book provides case file numbers, action and proceeding taken, and attending lawyers. Sub-series is arranged chronologically.

Case files

Series consists of a number of sub-series of case file types found in the records of the Supreme Court at Halifax. These sub-series include: General civil case files and Bar admission case files.