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Series ID5687
Previous System LocationSCT/T1-2062; A/52324-A/52824, A/56628-A/56759, A/60651-A/60845,A/61566-A/61766, A/63085-A/63284, A/63855-A/64045, A/68507-A/68763, A/68799-A/69062; TR1308/1, TR1895/1; TR1870/6, TR1838/8, TR1783/7, TR1884/9. PRV11590, PRV11591, RSI5205.; SRS5687
Title

Writs
Parent Series
This series does not have a parent series.
Start Date Circa 1/1/1857
End Date 1/30/2009
Date Statement N/A
Date Notes Most files were created to 1994 but documents in some files may include dates to 2007.
Abstract

Civil actions brought before the Supreme Court, Southern District, Brisbane

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Items Total Items: 32433
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Departmental Numbers1857/1 - 1995/2718 (with gaps)
System of Arrangement Chronological and numerical by writ number
How To Use Series Consult the controlling series of indexes, but names are listed from 1985.
 
 

Creating Agencies

Agency IDTitleFromTo
1163Supreme Court, Moreton Bay 1/1/1857 12/10/1859
4628Supreme Court of Queensland 12/10/1859 6/30/1874
191Supreme Court, Southern District, Brisbane 6/30/1874 1/30/2009
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Agency ID: 4628
Supreme Court of Queensland
Restriction DetailsN/A
Regulation Details
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Controlled Series

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Previous Series

Series IDTitle
5688Matrimonial Petitions
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Subsequent Series

Series IDTitle
5688Matrimonial Petitions
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Publication Notes

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Copyright Status

Copyright State of Queensland
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Remarks

Note: The majority of writs for 1961 and 1962 were destroyed in a Supreme Court fire in 1968.
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Description

The file on each case contains the writ of summons and associated documents such as entry of appearance, affidavits, bill of costs, certification of taxation, pleas, declaration, notice of motion for a new trial, joinder of issue, praecipes, fi fa, exhibits, replication, bond, interpleader, application of search, consent order, certificate of lower scale (costs), papers for the judge, petition, summons for directions, judgment nisi, judgment by default for want of appearance, judgment, discontinuance of action etc.

Writs include cases of defamation, unpaid debts or wages, negligence (sometimes resulting in death), breech of agreement or contract, trespassing, damages, dissolution of marriage, dissolution of partnership, negligent driving, possession of land, income tax, injunctions restraining, etc

Matrimonial writs are marked "Mat" or "Matrimonial". Matrimonial petitions were kept as a separate series from 1861 to 1894 and from 1961 to 1976; from 1894 to 1961 they were kept together with other writs.

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Preferred Citation

Queensland State Archives Series ID 5687, Writs
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