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Jun 23, 2023 · File:Map of the town of Madras and its limits, 1842 - Topography of the Presidency Division of the Madras army, including Fort St. George, and its dependencies, within the limits of the Supreme Court (IA dli.csl.6682) (page 1 crop).jpg - Wikimedia Commons.
The harbor works at Madras were carefully kept up to date: A look at the Supreme Court, c.1860: Famine relief efforts, 1877: Other glimpses of Madras life: The Municipal Corporation building (city hall) of modern Chennai (the contemporary name for Madras) *BL* A search for "madras" will produce over a thousand images
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The following maps provide a picture of Canada’s territorial evolution, from 1840 to 1999.
The Act of Union, passed in July 1840 and proclaimed February 10, 1841, abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada. It established a new political entity, the Province of Canada, to replace them.
The new Dominion of Canada is no larger than Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the land near the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the St. Lawrence River and the north side of the Great Lakes.
1870 – The British government transfers control of the North-Western Territory to Canada. The Hudson’s Bay Company sells Rupert’s Land to the new nation. The Province of Manitoba is created out of this vast area. The new province, made up of land around the Red River, is small by Canadian standards – 36,000 km². The rest of the newly acquired land is called the Northwest Territories.
1871 – The colony of British Columbia becomes a province of Canada.
1874 – Boundaries for the Province of Ontario are expanded.
1876 – The District of Keewatin is created from part of the Northwest Territories.
1880 – Britain transfers ownership of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago to Canada.
1881 – Manitoba’s boundaries are extended for the first time. The new area added to Manitoba was part of the area given to Ontario in 1874. This causes conflict between Manitoba and her neighbouring province.
1889 – The boundary dispute between Manitoba and Ontario is settled in Ontario’s favour. Ontario’s borders are enlarged northward.
1895 – The districts of Ungava, Franklin, Mackenzie and Yukon are created in the Northwest Territories.
1898 – Quebec’s boundaries are extended northward; the District of Keewatin is enlarged and the District of Yukon becomes a separate territory.
1903 – A boundary dispute between British Columbia and Alaska is settled.
The boundaries of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba are extended northward to Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait.
1920 – Boundaries are established among the districts of the Northwest Territories.
1927 – The Quebec-Labrador boundary is defined by the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council.
The Northwest Territories are divided to create Nunavut, Canada’s newest territory, in the Eastern Arctic.
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Feb 7, 2006 · System of Precedents and Appeals. The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest appeals body in Canada’s judicial system.It is the final arbiter of law in a court system based primarily on common law (using judicial precedent) and on respect for the rule of stare decisis — the notion that courts of appeal may modify or overturn lower court decisions, to ensure there is uniform application of ...
Mar 8, 2020 · Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Presidency Division of the Madras army, including Fort St. George, and its dependencies, within the limits of the Supreme Court Publication date 1842
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; French: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts.
