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Bills of mortality

Bills of mortality, returns of the deaths which occur within a certain district. It was with the view of communicating to the inhabitants of London, to the Court, and the constituted authorities of the city, accurate...

Brawling

in England in any place of religious worship duly certified under the (English) Places of Worship Registration Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 81), or in church-yards or burial grounds, on conviction before two justices are

Building Acts (English)

called apply only to the metropolis, and have been called the Metropolitan Building Acts. The Metropolitan Building Acts, 1855 and 1862 (which were public general Acts), and their amending enactments wee repealed and re-enacted with many amendments

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Business

of any government department or local or public authority, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 1855, p. 872. Business includes any activity carried on by a corporation or association and 'place of business' must

Charitable uses and trusts

by voluntary contributions; see (English) Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 137), s. 241, and 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 124), s. 29, without the authority of a Statute or the court, or

District Boards (UK)

District Boards (UK), in London, constituted by the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, for the management of the sanitary affairs of combinations of parishes not singly represented by vestries. Their powers

Cinque Ports

King John, but the old name, though now become inappropriate, was still retained. The (English) Cinque Ports Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 48), abolishes all jurisdiction and authority of the Lord Warden of the Cinque

Company

For though companies may be and have been registered with unlimited liability since that principle was first, in 1855, applied to ordinary companies, so few unlimited companies now remain, since the conversion of unlimited into limited companies

Consignee

person to whom the goods are consigned, Western Digiatal Corpn. v. British Airways Plc (CA), (2000) 3 WLR 1855.

Consignor

named as consignor in the air wayball, Western Digital Corpn. v. Biritish Airways Plc (CA), (2003) 3 WLR 1855.

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