Exchequer Court (Themiclesia)
The Exchequer Court (內廷) was a Themiclesian tribunal that dealt royal and public revenues and goods, tariffs, judicial fines, professional law of accountants, and maritime law in Themiclesia. Formed in antiquity, it was reformed according to Casaterran laws in 1817 and was merged with the Supreme Court as the Exchequer Division, Supreme Court in 1920. It held appellate jurisdiction from inferior tribunals that dealt with royal lands and revenues, naval offences, and private and public debts from local courts, reaching the peak of its importance in the 19th century.
Composition
The court contained one chief justice and nine puisne justices per the reforms of 1817.
History
The Exchequer Court was originally a tribunal set up in the Inner Administration (內史), which was the exchequer of the Themiclesian central government and received and paid out public moneys and goods. As it was a centre of transactions, disputes frequently arose, hence the tribunal's establishment in the Rjang dynasty. In some romantic views of legal history, the tribunal was set up for a neutral decision between public and private interest, but other analyses provide that the tribunal's true role was to adjudicate fiscal disputes between public bodies, where neutrality is sought against corruption, rather than misgovernment.
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