EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, COVER OF, was erected in England by the 31st Edw. III., cap. 12, to determine causes on writs of error from the common-law side of the court of exchequer, and consisted of the lord chancellor, the lord treasurer, and the justices of the king's bench and common pleas. By the 27th Eliz., cap. 8, a second court was established, consisting of the justices of the common pleas and the barons of the exchequer, to determine appeals from the king's bench. A new arrangement was made by the 11th Geo. IV., and 1 Will. IV., cap. 70, § 8, whereby the judgments of each of the superior common-law courts are subject to revision by the judges of the other two sitting as a court of error in the exchequer chamber. An appeal lies from this court to the House of Lords.
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