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Costs

determined. Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and 2 & 3 Hen. 8, c. 6, and 4 Jac.

Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), by which the Crown 'of England, France and Ireland' was settled, after the death of William III. … c. 11), which constituted one kingdom of Great Britain; and the Union with Ireland Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 67), as varied by the Government of Ireland Act,1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c.

Roman Catholics

or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by … the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any

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Admiralty

AC 468, Judicature Act, 1925, s. 22, and Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 58. The Judge now holds his appointment of the Crown as a Judge of the High … jurisdiction, which is conferred by U.S. Constitution (Article III 2, Cl. 1), Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 47. The Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice was, as far as relates to

Gypsies

chattels, and should leave the kingdom within fifteen days after command so to do, upon pain of imprisonment, 4 Reeves, c. xxx., 420. Both this Act, and the still more severe 1 & 2 P. & M. … Gypsies. The first of the laws against gypsies, 22 Hen. 8, c. 10, describes this people, who were then new-comers in this country, as 'outlandish persons calling themselves Egyptians, using

Martial law

4. Martial law was prohibited by the Petition of Right Act of Charles the First, 3 Car. 1, c. 1, s. 7, but was specially authorized by the temporary 43 Geo. 3, c. 117, 3 & 4

Perpetuity

Parliament, such as Blenheim, settled upon the renowned Duke of Marlborough and his posterity (3 & 4 Anne, c. 6; 4 Anne, c. 4; and 5 Anne, c. 3); and Strathfieldsaye, on the great Dike of Wellington

Bankrupt

bankrupt, and so made liable to the bankruptcy laws. Before the (English) Bankruptcy Act,1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 134), 'traders' only were liable to be made bankrupts, other insolvent debtors being dealt with by a succession … laws for the benefit of the debtor's creditors was adjudicated, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 43. Means an individual who has been adjudged bankrupt and in relation to a bankruptcy order, it means the

Transportation

away a criminal into another country. This punishment was introduced in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 39 Eliz. c. 4. The word is first used in the 14 Car. 2, c. 23. The punishment was chiefly regulated

Banking policy

liability for the debts then existing. The law of bankruptcy, which dates from 34 & 35 Hen. 8, c. 4, after having been materially extended and altered by numerous statues of early date, and more recently by

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