Example sentences of "a [noun pl] ' clerk " in BNC.

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1 Of its own motion the court may decide to bring a private prosecution to the attention of the Crown Prosecution Service ; indeed a justices ' clerk is obliged to do so if a private prosecutor withdraws or fails to proceed in circumstances in which the reason given appears unsatisfactory .
2 However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield .
3 Certain powers of the court may be delegated to a single justice or a justices ' clerk .
4 ( b ) Powers of a justices ' clerk Certain functions of the court may be performed by a justices ' clerk who may in turn delegate these functions to any clerk of the court authorised for this purpose .
5 ( b ) Powers of a justices ' clerk Certain functions of the court may be performed by a justices ' clerk who may in turn delegate these functions to any clerk of the court authorised for this purpose .
6 Nominated care district judges can : ( a ) transfer cases up to the High Court following transfer from the family proceedings court ; ( b ) consider " appeals " against a justices ' clerk 's refusal to transfer a case ; ( c ) make emergency protection orders in proceedings issued in the county court or transferred up from the family proceedings court ; ( d ) give directions and make uncontested public law orders ; ( e ) make some public law orders in contested cases , eg education supervision orders .
7 In the family proceedings court certain procedural functions may be carried out by a single justice or in certain circumstances a justices ' clerk ( see Chapter 4 , 1 ) .
8 In the family proceedings court this power may be exercised by a justices ' clerk .
9 In the family proceedings court leave may be given by a justices ' clerk .
10 In the family proceedings court an appointment may be made by a justices ' clerk .
11 In the family proceedings court the application may be dealt with by a justices ' clerk .
12 A direction may be given by a justices ' clerk .
13 In urgent cases an application for directions may be made orally and ex parte with the leave of the court or a justices ' clerk .
14 In the family proceedings court a justices ' clerk or a single justice may make , vary or revoke directions and may refer any matter to the full court for consideration .
15 In the family proceedings court a summons may be issued by a single justice or a justices ' clerk ( FPCR , r33 and MCA 1980 , s97 ) .
16 Certainly this is envisaged in the procedural rules which allow a single justice or a justices ' clerk to grant repeat applications for interim orders where all parties consent and the terms of the order are unchanged ( FPCR , r28 ) .
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