courts of request of Upper Canada

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The courts of request of Upper Canada were local, small-claims tribunals in the pre-Confederation Canadian colony, handling minor civil disputes within the province’s judicial system.

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courts of request of Upper Canada canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial court ⓘ
judicial institution ⓘ
local court ⓘ
small claims court ⓘ
aim increase access to local dispute resolution ⓘ
provide inexpensive justice ⓘ
appliesTo minor civil disputes ⓘ
authorityFrom colonial legislature of Upper Canada ⓘ
caseType civil cases ⓘ
debt collection ⓘ
small monetary claims ⓘ
contrastedWith Court of Common Pleas of Upper Canada ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench of Upper Canada ⓘ
country Province of Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Upper Canada
governedBy statutes of the Legislature of Upper Canada ⓘ
handled claims below a statutory monetary limit ⓘ
hasCharacteristic informal compared to higher courts ⓘ
limited monetary jurisdiction ⓘ
summary procedure ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of small claims ⓘ
resolution of local civil disputes ⓘ
historicalRegion British colony of Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Upper Canada
historicalSignificance early form of small-claims justice in Canada ⓘ
inspiredBy English courts of request ⓘ
linked to: Court of Requests
jurisdiction Upper Canada ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalArea contract law ⓘ
debt law ⓘ
private law ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
legalTradition British colonial legal tradition ⓘ
locatedIn British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Canada ⓘ
Ontario region ⓘ
notCompetentFor large civil claims ⓘ
serious criminal matters ⓘ
operatedBefore Canadian Confederation ⓘ
operatedInPeriod pre-Confederation era ⓘ
partOf judicial system of Upper Canada ⓘ
regionNow province of Ontario, Canada ⓘ
replacedBy small causes courts in post-Confederation Ontario ⓘ
scope intra-provincial disputes ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subdivision local districts of Upper Canada ⓘ
townships of Upper Canada ⓘ
usedBy creditors seeking small debts ⓘ
local residents of Upper Canada ⓘ
small traders in Upper Canada ⓘ

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judiciary of Upper Canada → hasComponent → courts of request of Upper Canada ⓘ