Small Debts is a phrase current in Scotland to denote debts under £12, recoverable in the Sheriff Court (see SHERIFF). In England the same debts are recoverable in the County Court (q.v.). See DEBT, Vol. III. p. 718.
Small Debts
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 512
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