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APPEAL IN  ,ORO NARY LOREL1T jurisdiction had long fallen into disuse and its civil jurisdiction was abolished in 1849 . Third, the palace court, created by letters patent in 161z and renewed in 1665 with jurisdiction over all personal matters arising between parties within 12 m. of White-hall (the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea court, the City of London, and Westminster Hall being excepted) . It differed from the Marshalsea court in that it had no jurisdiction over the sovereign's household nor were its suitors necessarily of the household . The privilege of practising before the palace court was limited to four counsel . It was abolished in 1849 . The lord steward or his deputies formerly administered the oaths to the members of the House of Commons . In certain cases (messages from the sovereign under the sign-manual) " the lords with white staves" are the proper persons to bear communications between the sovereign and the houses of parliament .