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Business

4th Edn., Para 22, p. 30. Business includes profession, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 7(1), 4th Edn., Para 162, p. 116. Business does not mean affairs of a society because election of office-bearers, conduct of general meetings

Banker

creditor, with a superadded obligation on the banker to honour the customer's cheques, so that the Limitations Act, 1623, (21 Jac. 1, c. 16), runs against the customer. See UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. A cheque is not an assignment

Chancery

to (I.) The High Court of Justice, and (II.) The Court of Appeal [(English) Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 16-18]. (I) There is by the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, replaced by the English Judicature Act, 1925, s. 4, … was the highest court of judicature in this kingdom next to Parliament. Its powers and jurisdiction were in 1875 transferred to (I.) The High Court of Justice, and (II.) The Court of Appeal [(English) Jud. Act, 1873,

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Valuation

were fully considered in the case of Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board, (1909) 1 KB 16, in which Lord Justice Moulton in the course of his judgment said (at p. 29):- 'The principles upon

High Commission Court

enormities. The powers of this tribunal were directed to tyrannical and unconstitutional pur-poses; it was therefore abolished by 16 Car. 1, c. 11, 5 Reeves, 215.

Detinue

Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856. An action of detinue must be brought within six years (English) [Limitation Act, 1623 (21 Jac. 1, c. 16, s. 3)], but time will only begin to run from the date of

Commission

a High Commission Court founded on 1 Eliz. c. 1, but it was abolished by the Act of 16 Car. 1, c. 11, though an impotent attempt was made to re-establish it during the succeeding reign.

Charta de foresta

the nature of the institution of Forest Laws, and the burthens thereby brought on the subject. It contains 16 chapters, 1 Reeves, c. v. 254.

Authority of law

legislative power to tax; the law must not violate the conditions of fundamental right as that in Article 19(1)(a) or 19(1)(g); it must not also contravene the specific provisions of the Constitution which impose limitation on legislative

Ship-money

Resolutions were at once passed condemning the judgment, and it was reversed and the whole abuse abolished by 16 Car. 1, c. 14. See Case of Ship Money, (1737) 3 St. Tr. 825; Broom's Const. Law, p.

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