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British Columbia. Supreme Court (Victoria) Victoria (B.C.)
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Sheriff's receipt book

  • GR-1824
  • Series
  • 1879-1883

Sheriff's receipt book for cases in all courts at the Victoria Court Registry, 1879-1883.

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Victoria Supreme Court letterbooks

  • GR-1827
  • Series
  • 1866-1890

Letterbooks (indexed) of correspondence outward by Registrar and Sheriff, 1866-1890. The first section of vol. 2 also serves as a letterbook of correspondence outward for the Dominion Saw Mill Co., 1884-1885. 2 vols.

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Assize criminal record book

  • GR-1864
  • Series
  • 1917-1948

Assize criminal record book (indexed), May 1917 - May 1948.

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Presentments of the Grand Jury

  • GR-1862
  • Series
  • 1900-1931

Presentments of the Grand Jury, April 1900 - Oct 1931.

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Assize calendars from various locations

  • GR-1926
  • Series
  • 1870-1965

Criminal assize calendars for Victoria. Also includes criminal assize calendars for Yale, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Clinton, Richfield, Kamloops, Quesnellemouth, Cassiar, Laketon, Glenora and Lytton, 1870s.

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Bankruptcy and Authorized Assignment case files

  • GR-2223
  • Series
  • 1932-1945

Bankruptcy and Authorized Assignment case files handled by the Official Receiver. For index, see GR-2878.

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Civil record books

  • GR-2647
  • Series
  • 1926-1950

Civil record books (indexed at the front of each volume).

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Bankruptcy case files

  • GR-2859
  • Series
  • 1940-1950

Bankruptcy case files.

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Index

  • GR-2878
  • Series
  • 1923-1946

Index for GR-2223, Bankrupts and Authorized Assignment case files handled by the Official Receiver.

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Registrar's cash books

  • GR-2934
  • Series
  • 1895-1960

Registrar's cash books.

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Fence viewers awards

  • GR-2722
  • Series
  • 1956-1970

Fence viewer's awards nos.1-10; index.

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Victoria Supreme Court bankruptcy records

  • GR-3757
  • Series
  • 1873

The series consists of an affidavit and a notice regarding payments to be made in the bankruptcy case of R.F. Pickett, a Victoria merchant. The governing legislation for the case was the “Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act” of 1849. Records in the series provide a listing of Pickett’s account at the Bank of British North America and an affidavit of Henry Atkinson Tuzo, bank manager.

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Victoria Supreme Court chambers applications

  • GR-1596
  • Series
  • 1895-1945

The series consists of Chamber applications created by the Victoria Supreme Court from 1895 to 1945.

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Victoria Supreme Court probate cause books

  • GR-1575
  • Series
  • 1875-1947

This series contains probate cause books for the periods 1875-1882 and 1918-1947.

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Victoria Supreme Court judgements

  • GR-1590
  • Series
  • 1880-1958

This series contains Victoria Supreme Court judgements.

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Victoria Supreme Court indexes to causes

  • GR-1611
  • Series
  • [ca. 1898]-1947

This series contains indexes to causes for actions heard in the Victoria Supreme Court. It contains two volumes. Volume 1 covers the period ca. 1898-1919. Volume 2 covers the period 1920-1947.

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Letters of Administration granted to the Official Administrator

  • GR-1552
  • Series
  • 1890-1949

This series contains Letters of Administration granted to the Official Administrator for estates probated in the Victoria Court Registry in cases where the deceased died intestate or did not name an executor who was able to act, and the Official Administrator handled the probate process. Indexes to Victoria probate records are found in GR-1417.

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Letters of administration with will annexed

  • GR-2895
  • Series
  • 1915-1989

This series contains letters of administration with will annexed (Form B) from the Supreme Court of Victoria, from 1915-1989.

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Probated wills

  • GR-3669
  • Series
  • 1986-1999

The series consists of original probated wills from the Victoria court registry. The wills appear to have been deliberately removed from the original probate file and refiled in a second accession. Records in this series are arranged by probate number, an index to which is found in GR-3016. After the wills were removed from the original probate file, they were replaced with a photocopy.

For wills predating 1986, see GR-1052, GR-1574, and GR-2009, with an index in GR-1417.

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Victoria Supreme Court grants of letters probate

  • GR-3711
  • Series
  • 1946-1989

The series consists of both bound and loose grants of letters probate created by the Victoria Supreme Court between 1946 and 1989. Grants of letters probate were issued by the court system to grant authority to an estate’s executor/trix to administer the estate in question.

Grants of letters probate provide the name of the deceased, the date and place of death, the usual residence of the deceased, and the name of the executor.

The series is arranged by volume and folio, a system which is also broadly chronological. Grants are stamped with the volume and folio number, but also with the probate number of the deceased. An index to probate numbers can be found in GR-3016 (1950-2000) or GR-2083 (1941-1950).

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Victoria Supreme Court letters of administration

  • GR-1553
  • Series
  • 1876-1989

This series consists of letters of administration (Form C) from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, from 1876-1989.

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Victoria Supreme Court letters probate

  • GR-1551
  • Series
  • 1876-1946

This series contains letters probate from the Victoria Supreme Court.

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Cause books

  • GR-0657
  • Series
  • 1858-1882

This series consists of civil cause books from the Supreme Court of Vancouver Island, 1858-1870 and Supreme Court of British Columbia (Victoria), 1870-1882. All volumes are indexed. From 29 October 1866 fees relating to these cases are entered in the mainland fees book.

Vancouver Island. Supreme Court of Civil Justice

Index book

  • GR-3761
  • Series
  • [1882-1885]

The series consists of one index book that may have been created by the Victoria Supreme Court as an index to probate cause books during the 1880s. The majority of the individuals listed died in British Columbia between the years of approximately 1882 to 1885. The vast majority of these deaths took place in the vicinity of Victoria and many of the individuals are listed in GR-1304. The index provides the name of the individual and a page number, which likely corresponds to a probate cause book that has yet to be located and transferred to the Archives. Individuals listed in the book are both male and female, and the listings include the names of Chinese, Japanese, and Indigenous individuals

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Victoria Supeme Court minute books

  • GR-1901
  • Series
  • 1889-1925

Minute books for civil and criminal cases. There are a few actions involving ships marked Vice-Admiralty Court and Exchequer Court, B.C. Admiralty Division.

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Victoria Supreme Court divorce cause book/case card indexes

  • GR-3739
  • Series
  • 1965-1989

The series consists of indexes to divorce cause books and case cards created by the Supreme Court of Victoria between 1965 and 1989. The indexes are arranged alphabetically and provide a case file number. This can then be used to locate the volume and folio number in the relevant cause book or case card, which can then in turn be used to obtain a copy of the divorce order.

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