The answer of the Lord Chancellor to a petition of appeal relates to the day at which the petition was presented.
Where, therefore, a petition of appeal was presented within twenty-eight days after notice had been given of a docket of the decree having been presented for signature, and, the Lord Chancellor being in Scotland, the petition was not answered until after the expiration of the twenty-eight days, the enrolment of the decree was vacated.
[1835] EngR 591, (1835) 2 My and K 621, (1835) 39 ER 1081
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Updated: 30 August 2021; Ref: scu.316099 br>