cause list
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In pursuance of this object he applied yesterday at the Court of Chancery to purchase the “530 suits, including 40 removed from the ‘Equity Exchequer,’ which occupy the cause list for the present term.”
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 by Various
His eyes fell upon the cause list of the Royal Courts of Justice, and he sighed.
From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
Regular proceedings had been taken, and the action in ejectment of Woodley versus Thorndyke was once more on the cause list of the Chester circuit court, marked this time as a special jury case.
From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Warren, Samuel
The judge looked through the cause list till he found the case, putting a mark against it on the paper.
From Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 by Pickthall, Marmaduke William
I remember one day, when asking for the bill of fare, he said, 'Will you kindly let me look at the cause list.'
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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