Suitors' Fund in United States
Suitors’ Fund Definition
A fund belonging to the English court of chancery, and consisting of two parts. Fund A consisted of government stocks resulting from the investment of so much of the money in court belonging to the suitors as was not required for current purposes. Part of the income arising from these investments was employed in paying certain expenses of the court, and the balance was invested in government stocks, which formed fund B. Subsequently the surplus income of both funds was annually added to the suitors’ fee fund (q.v.) By the Courts of Justice, etc.. Act 1869, the suitors’ fund was transferred to the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, and the consolidated fund was made liable for the due payment of the money which belonged to the suitors, and had been invested as above stated. Chanc. Funds Comm. Rep. 1864.
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A fund belonging to the English court of chancery, and consisting of two parts. Fund A consisted of government stocks resulting from the investment of so much of the money in court belonging to the suitors as was not required for current purposes. Part of the income arising from these investments was employed in paying certain expenses of the court, and the balance was invested in government stocks, which formed fund B. Subsequently the surplus income of both funds was annually added to the suitors’ fee fund (q.v.) By the Courts of Justice, etc.. Act 1869, the suitors’ fund was transferred to the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, and the consolidated fund was made liable for the due payment of the money which belonged to the suitors, and had been invested as above stated. Chanc. Funds Comm. Rep. 1864.
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