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29. Ibid., 101 .
30. Foreclosure Book A (G 2359), Foreclosure Book B (G 2360), Foreclosure
Book C (G 2361 ), Foreclosure Book D (G 2362), Foreclosure Book E (G 2363),
Court of Queen's Bench in Equity, PAM.
31 . Ibid., 98.
32. Redemption is defined as "A right possessed by the mortgagor upon
payment of the mortgage to regain legal title to the property. 'This equity of
redemption is an estate in land and the person entitled to it is in equity the
owner of the land.' Fletcher v. Roden (1882), 1 O.R. 155 at 160 (Ch-D.)."
Yogis, S.V. "redemption." Foreclosure is defined as 'Generally, the temination
of a right to property. When there is a default by a mortgagor in a mongage
agreement, the right to foreclosure arises, but only if there is a forfeiture by a
breach of condition. The foreclosure proceeding itself is any proceeding by
which the mortgagor's equity of redemption is baned or extinguished beyond the
possibility of recall, thus vesting the property absolutely in the mortgagee."
Yogis, S.V. "forecl~sure.~
33. Praecipe Record Book With Refisrence A (G 2005), Decree Book With
Reference B (G 2445), Decree Book Wrth Reference C (G 2446), Decree Book
Mth Reference D (G 2447), Court of Queen's Bench in Equity, PAM.
34. As mentioned above, Prothonotary Daniel Carey was hired (1872) on a
salary plus "al1 the fees he collected from litigants, up to a total of 500 pounds."
The subject of fees reoccurred three years later, when, about Febmary 10,
1875, the court passed a series of rufes numbered 1-1 7. The fourteenth rule
provided a tariff of fees for Equity side of Queen's Bench. Further rules 18-34
were passed November 27, 1880. They applied generally to Law and Equity. A
printed wpy of these rules, dated 1882, credits the author, "Compiled by G.H.
Wal ker, Prothonotary." Campbell, Manitoba Bar News: 1-3.
35. Money Ledger No.1 (G 26961, Money Ledger No.2 (G 2699). Cash (G 2702),
Court of Queen's Bench, PAM.
36. Wal ker was responding to an enquiry regarding the practices, procedures,
and record keeping systems in use in Manitoba. Geoffrey Walker to Chief Clerk
of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. January 12, 1900, Letter Book (G
271 7): 48-51, Court of Queen's Bench in Equity, PAM.
37. See Appendix C, "Directions for Copying Letters, etc." Courtesy archivist
Elizabeth Blight, PAM.