Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate, Dordrecht (Wodehouse)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/DDT
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1871 – 1976
History
A magistrate’s court was established in the district of Wodehouse on 5 January 1871. The new district on the north eastern border of the Colony was formed of parts of the divisions of Aliwal North, Albert and Queenstown (Government Gazette No 4298, 6 January 1871, Proclamation No 1, 5 January 1871). The seat of the magistracy was at Dordrecht.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Dordrecht.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Dordrecht.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
1/DDT
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
8 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.