Conscience, COURTS OF, IN ENGLAND. These were courts for the recovery of small debts, constituted by special local acts of parliament in London, Westminster, and other trading districts. The county courts have superseded them. See COUNTY COURTS.
Conscience, COURTS OF, IN ENGLAND.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 426
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