South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts17—General jurisdiction
(1) The court shall be
a court of law and equity.
(2) There shall be
vested in the court—
(a) the
like jurisdiction, in and for the State, as was formerly vested in, or capable
of being exercised by, all or any of the courts in England, following:
(i)
The High Court of Chancery, both as a common law court
and as a court of equity:
(ii)
The Court of Queen's Bench:
(iii)
The Court of Common Pleas at Westminster:
(iv)
The Court of Exchequer both as a court of revenue and as
a court of common law:
(v)
The courts created by commissions of assize:
(b) such
other jurisdiction, whether original or appellate, as is vested in, or capable
of being exercised by the court:
(c) such
other jurisdiction as is in this Act conferred upon the court.