JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL
\d͡ʒuːdˈɪʃə͡l kəmˈɪti ɒv pɹˈɪvi kˈa͡ʊnsə͡l], \dʒuːdˈɪʃəl kəmˈɪti ɒv pɹˈɪvi kˈaʊnsəl], \dʒ_uː_d_ˈɪ_ʃ_əl k_ə_m_ˈɪ_t_i_ ɒ_v p_ɹ_ˈɪ_v_i k_ˈaʊ_n_s_əl]\
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established 3 and 4 Will. IV., consists of a Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, and certain judges, being P. Councillors. Under 34 and 35 Vict., and under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 39 and 40 Vict., four are paid members. In ecclesiastical appeals, the archbishops and bishops, or some of" them, attend, either as members or assessors. The court also receives appeals from the colonies, India included," and, generally, appeals in all other matters in which the Crown's intervenion is rather executive than judicial."-Brown, Law Dictionary.
By Henry Percy Smith
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