Antecedents

Antecedents in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of antecedents.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• antecedents in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• antecedents in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Antecedents

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Antecedents :

An accused or convicted person’s previous criminal record or track claim or in specialist proceedings or (2) an appeal itself from a county court judge. Where two or more High Court judges sit as a Divisional Court, appeals are permitted. In the Chancery Divisional Court, appeals may be heard from certain tribunals, e.g. the Inland Revenue Commissioners, and from the county courts for such matters as bankruptcy appeals. In the Family Divisional Court, appeals may be heard from the magistrates’ courts and the county courts, typically in respect of financial provision under the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Court Act 1978. In the Queen’s Bench Divisional Court, appeals may be heard, when circumstances demand, from the magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court, and various tribunals by way of case stated and in matters of *judicial review and *habeas corpus. The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) is able to hear appeals from the county courts (except in bankruptcy cases) by way of the leapfrog procedure (Court of Appeal), and appeals from the High Court and various tribunals. The House of Lords will hear appeals primarily from the Court of Appeal but can hear appeals from the High Court under the *leapfrog procedure (House of Lords).