A STUDY IN LEGAL ADMINISTRATION AND RECORDS SHARON ...

this writing.
The second section of the volume is the easier to comprehend. It was
used to record minutes of proceedings of Queen's Bench En Banc from Hilary
Terni, Febmary 5, 1883, to Trinity Terni, July 20, 1888." It is to this part of the
book that the "index" refers. The "index" is not really an index, however.
Untitled, it consists of six short lists of cases, possibly those slated to be heard
during the following terms, or pefhaps those made "remanets" from previous
tems.18 The six lists extend only from Trinity Terni, 1884, to Easter Terni, 1886,
and they include only a small percentage of the cases heard. A few of the suits
are designated "Equity Rehearing." These have been transferred from Equity &
En Banc Court and the original references can be located in General Index,
Equity.
En Banc Record Book, 1888-97, bears no actual title, though a tom scrap
glued to the front wver is worded "from [October 151 '88 to Dec.23. '97."19 This
volume wntains appeal cases and it follows directly from the second section of
Court of Queen's Bench, Manitoba, Tem Book [?]6 To Victoria . . . . The volume
is indexed and, as with No.4, Reoistrar In EQUID! index, the "En alphabet letter
section shows the entry "Equity sittings." But here the usage is different. The
pages indicated simply show a statement such as "Equity sittings fixed for
January 1 5, 1 895." In other words, the justices planned in advance the date for
Equity hearings. Scattered throughout the record book are minutes of
proceedings for actions transferred from Equity Q En Banc court. That these are