VPRS 12632 County Court Miscellaneous Register, Melbourne

Successive County Court Rules have required the registrar of the court to keep a register of all verdicts, orders and judgements of the court. The register is the authoritative record of the court.The Miscellaneous Register was used to record details of cases that were not registered in the County Court Register or, after 1972, the County Court Ordinary or Special Summons Registers (VPRS 3159, VPRS 12566, and VPRS 12567 respectively). Typical cases include actions instituted under acts of parliament that confer a specific jurisdiction on the County Court . For example, applications for registration of a birth after expiration of seven years. The register also includes details of cases transferred from a Magistrates' Court to the County Court.Information in the register includes:* Names of the parties to the action;* Name of the legal practitioner acting for the plaintiff;* Nature of the action; and* The order of the Judge.Note that some time could elapse between the initial registration of a case and the court hearing, after which the Judge's order was added to the original register entry. This is indicated by the series contents date range, which records the dates of the orders in the register. The contents dates are estimates only, based on a sample of register entries.Researchers are advised that the year in which the County Court first maintained the Miscellaneous Register is subject to further research.

历届郡法院规则均要求法院登记官留存法院所有裁决、裁定与判决的登记册。该登记册为法院的权威档案记录。杂项登记册（Miscellaneous Register）用于记录未归入郡法院登记册（VPRS 3159），或1972年之后未归入郡法院普通传票登记册（VPRS 12566）、特别传票登记册（VPRS 12567）的案件详情。典型案件包括依据赋予郡法院特定管辖权的议会法案提起的诉讼，例如七年期限届满后申请出生登记的案件。该登记册同时涵盖从治安法院移送至郡法院的案件详情。

登记册收录的信息包括：
* 诉讼各方当事人姓名；
* 代理原告的执业律师姓名；
* 诉讼性质；
* 承办法官作出的裁定。

需注意，案件初始登记与法院开庭审理之间可能存在时间间隔，庭审结束后，承办法官的裁定才会被补充至原登记条目内。这一信息可通过系列内容日期范围体现，该范围记录了登记册中各项裁定的日期。登记内容标注的日期仅为估算值，基于对登记册条目的抽样统计得出。

特此告知研究人员，郡法院首次启用杂项登记册的年份仍需进一步研究考证。