The same applies to a solicitor in the
equity courts. This shall not exclude persons who have been bound
to an attorney or solicitor for four years. Attorneys and
solicitors, with consent of an attorney of another court, may
participate in proceedings of such other court. No attorney may
have more than two clerks bound to him at one time. Attorneys may
be admitted as solicitors and vice-versa.
There were twelve common law justices of the Court of the King's
Bench, Court of Common Pleas, and Court of the Exchequer. The
Chief Justices of all of these courts were paid partly from fees
paid to the court. The other Justices of these courts were paid
completely by salary, which in 1759 was well over 500 pounds per
year. These justices were to continue in office even after a king
died and could be removed only for good cause upon the address of
both houses of Parliament. The officers of these courts were
attorneys. There was one justice at Doctors' Commons. The two
chancery justices (since Edward I) were the Lord Chancellor and
the Master of the Rolls. The salary of the eleven masters of the
court of chancery in 1765 was 400 pounds per year. The officers of
this court were solicitors.
Appeals from the Exchequer could be made to a court of the King's
Bench and Common Pleas combined. Appeals from Common Pleas could
be made to the King's Bench. Decisions of the King's Bench and
other common law courts could be appealed to Parliament.
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