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Pr'munire

it is shortly called, a pr'munire; and the (English) Habeas Corpus Act, 31 Car. 2, c. 2, s. 11, Whereby it is still a pr'munire to send any subject of this realm a prisoner, under certain exceptions

Attornment

(English) Act of 1925, replacing the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 11, attornments made by tenants to strangers claiming title to the estate of their landlord are null and void,

Casting vote

council (English) (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 22, and Sched. II., r. 11), and the Chairman of a (English) Country Council (Local) Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), … a meeting of a town council (English) (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 22, and Sched. II., r. 11), and the Chairman of a (English) Country Council (Local) Government Act, 1888 (51

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Ab initio

is not deemed a trespasser ab initio, by virtue of the Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 19. A second distress may be good if the first is void ab initio, Grunnel

Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege

Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege. 2 Inst 11.-(A contemporaneous exposition is the best and most powerful in law.)-2 Inst. 211. A maxim applicable both to ancient

Double Rent

over after his own notice to quit has expired. B the Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 13,in case any tenant give notice to quit, and shall not deliver up possession at

Impounding distress

for custody, which safe place may, by virtue of the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 10, in the case of distress upon a tenant for rent, be on the demised

Amnesty

Gk., non-remembrance], an act of pardon or 'oblivion' (see, e.g., the Act of Oblivion, 12 Car. 2, c. 11, and 20 Geo. 2, c. 52), by which crimes against the Government up to a certain date are

Avowry, or advowry

habendo. An avowry was in the nature of a declaration. See Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 22.

Double or treble costs

to successful defendants in actions for irregular distress, by the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 20. The true mode of estimating the amount of double costs was first to allow

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