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- catalog abstract "This docket contains two separate sections, one being a record of rules, resolves and orders of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the other, a record of divorce cases brought before that court. The section entitled "General Motions" (1750-1837) documents the administrative workings of the Supreme Court by listing decisions made concerning general proceedures, as well as specific cases. Topics include dealing with writs of habeas corpus and certiorari; pleas by general issue; new trials in arrest of judgment; admission of attorneys; the exchange of pleas and responses; filing times for affidavits; acts of assembly pertaining to the court; the setting or court dates for the Supreme, Circuit and Nisi Prius Courts; and the deaths and appointments of Chief Justices, Associate Justices, Prothonotaries, Criers, Commissioners of Bail, and Tipstaffs. Of interest may be a libel case brought against Eleazer Oswald, publisher of "The Independent Gazeteer or the Chronicle of Freedom" (1782). The "Divorce Docket" (1800-1805) contains copies of original petitions for divorce, as well as of the Court's judgements. Information provided includes names of husband and wife; reason for filing the divorce petition (abandonment, adultery, cruelty, previous unended marriage, etc.); names of referees; and the nature of the final judgment.".
- catalog alternative "General motions & divorce docket".
- catalog alternative "Title on container label: General motion & divorce docket".
- catalog contributor b11480150.
- catalog contributor b11480151.
- catalog date "1750".
- catalog description "Indexed internally ( for the divorce docket only ).".
- catalog description "This docket contains two separate sections, one being a record of rules, resolves and orders of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the other, a record of divorce cases brought before that court. The section entitled "General Motions" (1750-1837) documents the administrative workings of the Supreme Court by listing decisions made concerning general proceedures, as well as specific cases. Topics include dealing with writs of habeas corpus and certiorari; pleas by general issue; new trials in arrest of judgment; admission of attorneys; the exchange of pleas and responses; filing times for affidavits; acts of assembly pertaining to the court; the setting or court dates for the Supreme, Circuit and Nisi Prius Courts; and the deaths and appointments of Chief Justices, Associate Justices, Prothonotaries, Criers, Commissioners of Bail, and Tipstaffs. Of interest may be a libel case brought against Eleazer Oswald, publisher of "The Independent Gazeteer or the Chronicle of Freedom" (1782). The "Divorce Docket" (1800-1805) contains copies of original petitions for divorce, as well as of the Court's judgements. Information provided includes names of husband and wife; reason for filing the divorce petition (abandonment, adultery, cruelty, previous unended marriage, etc.); names of referees; and the nature of the final judgment.".
- catalog extent "1 v.".
- catalog format "handwritten.".
- catalog issued "1750".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Pennsylvania".
- catalog subject "Divorce Pennsylvania History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Divorce Pennsylvania History 19th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Eastern District) Archives.".
- catalog title "General motions & divorce docket".
- catalog title "General motions and divorce docket [microform], 1750-1837.".
- catalog title "Title on container label: General motion & divorce docket".