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Stipendiary Magistrates

(English) Stipendiary Magistrates Act, 1863, they may be of five years' standing. By the (English) Stipendiary Magistrates Act, 1858, they may do alone all acts authorized to be done by two justices of the peace. a stipendiary

Testamentary causes

has acquired exclusive jurisdiction, by the Court of Probate Act, 1857, amended by the Court of Probate Act, 1858. See PROBATE.

Then

Then, as an adverb of time, it generally refers to the last antecedent, Archer v. Jegone, 6 LJ Ch 340. Mean 'in consequence of that' when used in a Will, Abbot v. Middleton, (1858) 7 HL...

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Marriage

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in...

In time

In time, the words 'in the time' would , indicate that reasonable time would be required for making alternative arrangements, Bashir Ahmed v. Mehmood Hussain Shah, (1995) 3 SCC 529: AIR 1995 SC 1857 (1858).

Managing contractor

by such person or body of persons, Industrial Supplies Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1980 SC 1858: (1980) 4 SCC 341: (1981) 1 SCR 375. [Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisa-tion) Act, 1972, s. 3 (1)]

East India Company

the eighteenth century, however, the company's political affairs had become of far more importance than their commerce. In 1858, by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, the government of the territories of the company was transferred to

Paulist

A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St Paul the Apostle founded in 1858 by the Rev I T Hecker of New York The majority of the members were formerly Protestants

Administrator

real estate the Statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. 1), c. 19, and the Court of Probate Act, 1858, s. 19; Whitehead v. Palmer, (1908) 1 KB 157. In certain cases limited administrations are granted, which are

Black-leg

Black-leg. To call a man a 'black-leg' is not actionable unless it can be shown that the word was understood by the bystanders to mean 'a cheating gambler liable to be prosecuted as such', Barnett v....

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