Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Nova Scotia. Supreme Court (Shelburne County)
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1784-
History
In 1774, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia's circuit system was established by an act of the legislature. In this system, judges travelled to outlying areas to hold court. By 1834 the initial requirement to have cases heard in the presence of two or more judges was removed and a single judge hearing cases on circuit was invested with the full powers and jurisdiction of the court in Halifax. Although Shelburne County had been established in 1784 and court houses had been erected, the supreme court circuit sitting was not established until 1816. The circuit served all of present day Shelburne and Yarmouth counties until a Yarmouth circuit was set up in 1834.