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Workmen's Compensation Act

in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort

Building

a small tool-shed is not (ibid.). Building is defined in the (English) Roads Improvement Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 68), s. 11, as including 'any erection of whatsoever material and in whatsoever manner constructed

Animals

bye-law made in July, 1898, in pursuance of s. 23 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and s. 16 of the Local Government Act, 1888, for the Good Rule and Government of the Administrative County of London, … 1 (3). See POACHING, GAME. Cruelty. By the (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 27), amended by the Act of 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 17), 1921 (11 &

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Husband and wife

has, by s. 1 of the Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors Act), 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 30), almost completely abolished the property distinction between an unmarried and a married woman. See MARRIED WOMEN'S … CAUSES. Proceedings of husband and wife against each other in respect of property are regulated by the 12th, 16th, and 17th sections of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882. The 12th section, as amended, enacts that 'every

Necessaries

Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 71), s. 3; (English) Judicature Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49). Under s. 4 (2) of the (English) Workmen's Compen-sation Act, 1925 (15 & 16

Sessions of the peace

Quarter Sessions.--The time of Quarter Sessions in now fixed by the (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 22, and instead of being held at the times prescribed by s. 35

Ship

navigation not propelled by oars.' [This definition has been adopted by the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 34), s. 48(1)] 'Foreign-going ship,' by the same s., 'includes every ship employed in trading,

Criminal Evidence Act

a witness maybe asked questions tending to criminate him as to the offence charged, see R. v. Minsham,(1921) 16 Cr App R 38; (f) Such person may not be asked, and if asked need not answer, anyquestion … Rouse, (1904) 1 KB 184; R. v. Bridgwater, (1905) 1 KB 131; R. v. Preston, (1909) 1 KB 568] 'on the character of the prosecutor or of the witnesses for the prosecution'; or (iii.) he has given

Hospitals

college or common seal. So hospitals are eligible, donatives, or preventative, Jac. Law Dict. By 39 Eliz. c. 5, made perpetual by 21 Jac. 1, c. 1, any person seised of an estate in fee-simple may, by … staff employed, Hillyer v. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, (1909) 2 KB 820; Evans v. Liverpool Corporation, (1906) 1 KB 160. As to exemption from land tax, see s. 25 of the Land Tax Act, 1797 (38 Geo. 3,

Audit

are audited under ss. 101-108 of the (English) Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 119), by s. 11 dispensing in … common for the surcharge to be remitted [see, e.g., (English) Local Government Act, 18 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 230], especially where the party whose accounts are audited has given his service gratuitously. The

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