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Meaning of Judicial committee of the privy council
In English law. A tribunal, composed of members of the privy council, which exercises the entire appellate jurisdiction of the sovereign in council, and also advises him upon any matters which he may refer to it. Its jurisdiction extends to cases in civil, ecclesiastical, and maritime law, in equity, and to many of the colonial cases, including cases arising under the Hindoo and Mohammedan law. It consists of eminent lawyers, chiefly of judicial station. When questions arise which belong to any peculiar jurisdiction, as the ecclesiastical or civil, the attendJUDICIAL CONFESSIONS ance and aid of judges in that branch are required; and in case of questions under the Hindoo or other peculiar systems of law, assistance is, in like manner, derived from those skilled in such proceedings. Allegations and proofs are made before this committee, which thereupon reports to the sovereign in council, by whoni judgment is finally rendered. Bl. Comm. (Warren, Abr.) 220.
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