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Clerical error

in judgments or orders may be corrected by the Court or a judge under R.S.C. Ord. XXVIII., r. 11, and in awards, by the arbitrator, under the Arbitration Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 49), s.

Development Commissioners

Commissioners, means the Develop-ment Commissioner appointed for one or more Special Economic Zones under sub-s. (1) and s. 11 [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) s. 2(h)] Eight persons so named can be appointed by

Executor

Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose of the property according to his testamentary provisions after his decease. One who performs or carries...

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Estate duty

by virtue of s. 38 of the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1881, as amended by s. 11 of the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1889. Property 'passing' on death includes also settled property, in

Endowed schools

Schools wholly or partly maintained out of an endowment. The (English) Endowed Schools Acts are 23 Vict. c. 11; 31 & 32 Vict. c. 32; 32 & 33 Vict. c. 56; 36 & 37 Vict. c. 87;

Emblements

Dei nemini facit injuriam. The advantages of emblements are extended to parochial clergy by 28 Hen. 8, c. 11, but a person who resigns his living, or forfeits it by his own act, is not entitled to

Distringas

sequestation was obtained as of course, and if no cause was shown, the order would be made absolute, 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 36. (2) When a transfer of stock by the Bank of

Distress

Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as...

Escape

conniving at the escape of a criminal lunatic is penalised by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 75, ss. 11 and 13, and 47 & 48 Vict. c. 54, s. 11. As to persons of unsound mind, see

Decoy

wild water-fowl. As to the rights of an owner of such a place, see Carrington v. Taylor, (1809) 11 East 571; 11 Mod 74, though the decision in this case is overruled by Allen v. Flood, 1898

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