Lunacy practice / by N. Arthur Heywood and Arnold S. Massey.

  • Heywood, N. Arthur (Nathaniel Arthur)
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Lunacy practice / by N. Arthur Heywood and Arnold S. Massey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    the same to the Masters for inquiry, or further inquiry, upon any matter. Any matter may be adjourned from Court for consideration by the Judge out of Court. 24. Power to order or dispense with Service.']—The Judge and Masters respectively may direct any person to be served with notice of any application, and may dispense with service on any person. 25. Only one Summons to be issued on the same Application.'] —Every application by summons to be brought before the Judge shall be brought before him upon the original sum- mons, and until the application is finally disposed of it shall not be necessary to issue any further summons upon any appointment. Where an application by summons is directed to be served on any party, it shall not be necessary to issue a fresh summons, but the original summons may be served with such amendments (if any) as the circumstances require. The Inquisition. 26. Notice of Petition for Inquisition (Form 5).]—The notice to an alleged lunatic of a petition for an order for inquisition shall be by service on him of a copy of the petition with a notice thereon endorsed signed by the petitioner or a solicitor. Such notice shall be in the Form 5 in the Schedule, or to that effect. 27. Notice of Report of Commissioners.]—The notice to an alleged lunatic of a report of the Commissioners under section 100 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, shall be in the Form 6 in the Schedule, or to that effect. 28. Order not to he made until Seven Days after Notice.]-^ No order shall be made upon any such petition or report until after the expiration of seven clear days from service upon the alleged lunatic of notice of the petition or report. 29. Service of Notice.]—Such notice shall be served on the alleged lunatic by being delivered to him personally, or where personal service cannot be effected or is inexpedient, then by being delivered to some adult inmate at the dwelling-house or usual or last known place of abode of the alleged lunatic within the jurisdiction, and an affidavit of service, stating particularly the time, place, and mode of service, and where there has not been personal service, the grounds of such service not having been made, shall be filed with the Masters. h 2