The Legal System of Ceylon in Its Historical Setting

Act sec administration of justice Alexander Johnston amended appeal applied appointed Attorney-General authority Batavia Bätticaloa British Burghers Burnand Charter of Justice Chief Justice Civil Procedure Code Cleghorn Colombo Commissioner common law Courts of Requests Courts Ordinance Criminal Procedure Code customary law D'Oyly decision District Court Dutch Dutch Law enacted English Law European exercised Fernando Galle Government Governor High Court Hindu Law Island Jaffna Jaffnapatnam Judicial Committee jurisdiction Justice of 1833 Kandy Kandyan Law Kandyan Provinces Landraad law of Ceylon Legislative Council loc.cit London Magistrate Magistrate's Court Maitland marriage Marshall P.J. Memoir Mukkuvans Muslim native Netherlands offences Office op.cit Order in Council Ottley C.J. Perera person Privy Council Provincial Courts Puisne Justice Ramanathan Regulation Report rix-dollars Roman Law Roman-Dutch Law rules Rural Courts Silva Sinhalese Sir Alexander Johnston Supreme Court Tamil Tēsavalamai transl Tribunal Trincomalee Unnanse Vanderstraaten Voet vols