| 单词 | letter of request |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter of request letter of request n. (also letters of request) [compare post-classical Latin litterae de requesta (1446 in a Scottish source)] 1. Law. Originally: a petition addressed by a ruler or government to a foreign power requesting compensation for injury done to a subject, or consideration of that subject's claims. Later: any formal request to a foreign court for judicial assistance, esp. in obtaining evidence; = letters rogatory at rogatory adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > letter or letters patent > letters requesting compensation letter of request1442 1442 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §39. m. 1 Of the whiche wronges..restitucion..is not made; notwithstandyng þat divers your letters of request..have been delivered. 1676 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo i. ii. §8. 18 Nor should the Prince or State of the Person injur'd, value his misfortune at so low a rate as to deny him Letters of Request. 1739 Gen. Treat. Naval Trade & Commerce II. 209 King Charles I. after the Massacre at Amboyna granted Letters of Request to the States of Holland for Satisfaction within eight Months. 1752 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 204 Before granting Letters of Marque, there generally precedes two or three Letters of Request. 1869 W. Theobald Legislative Acts Governor-gen. India 1868 xvii. 128 Every Judge, Magistrate, or other officer to whom such letter of request is sent, shall have the same powers for compelling the attendance of the witness..as if the evidence..were required in any matter within the ordinary jurisdiction. 1884 Law Times 18 Oct. 404/1 It is ordered that a letter of request do issue directed to the proper tribunal for the examination of the following witnesses. 1921 B. E. Lowe Internat. Protection Labor 153 Recourse might be had to the authorities of either State for the serving of summonses or letters of request. 1999 R. F. Brodegaard in J. G. Koeltl & J. Kiernan Litigation Man.: Pretrial 251 The letter of request and the letter rogatory are terms often used interchangeably; however, a letter of request is used to obtain evidence in countries that are parties to the Hague Convention. 2. Ecclesiastical Law. An appeal to refer a matter to a higher ecclesiastical court, usually submitted by the judge of a lesser court to the Court of Arches or the Court of Chancery. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > legal process > [noun] > transfer of action advocationc1540 letter of request1694 apostle1726 1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) iii. 650 An Ecclesiastical Court..whereof..are Triable all Ecclesiastical Causes..except Letters of Request be granted by the Diocessan Bishop, or Ordinary of the place, to the party to sue in the Court of Arches. 1749 Jura Ecclesiastica (new ed.) I. iii. 259 The Dean of Salisbury..had made Letters of Request to the Dean of the Arches. 1776 Town & Country Mag. Dec. 669/1 Which cause [sc. nullity of marriage] was commenced in the arches court, in virtue of letters of request from the chancellor of the diocese of St. David's. 1840 Act 3 & 4 Vict. c. 86 §13 It shall be lawful for the Bishop of the Diocese..to send the Case by Letters of Request to the Court of Appeal of the Province. 1873 R. Phillimore Eccl. Law II. 1278 It has been said that the Arches Court may take original cognizance by Letters of Request of all causes which may be brought in a Diocesan Court of the Province. 1920 C. Jenkins Eccl. Rec. 71 The statement that it [sc. the Court of Arches] was never a court of first instance except in legacy suits or for cases transmitted by letters of request requires modification. 1999 A. Burns Diocesan Revival Church Eng. c1800–1870 vii. 170 Cases could still be referred to the Court of Arches in the first instance by Letters of Request. < as lemmas |
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