1878 - Law Dictionary Search Results

Quart

Quart, the fourth part of a gallon. See Weights and Measures Act, 1878.

1908, and consequential legislation; Canal Boats Acts, 1877 and 1884; and many of the Public Health Acts (Water, 1878); (Fruit Pickers' Lodgings, 1882); (Ships, etc., 1885); (Ports, 1896); Smoke Abatement, except ss. 4 and 12, 1926; and

Promoter

Promoter, a term anciently sometimes applied to a common informer generally (see 5 Inst. 191), but in modern times applied only to the prosecutor of an ecclesiastical suit, as in Combe v. Edwards, (1878) 3 PD...

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Try free for 7 days See all features

Primage

Primage, a certain allowance paid by the shipper or consignor of goods to the master of a vessel for loading them. See HAT-MONEY. The amount varies according to the custom of the place. See Best v....

Pregnancy

Pregnancy, the state of being with child. It may be an 'illness' preventing the attendance of a witness, Reg. v. Wellings, (1878) 3 QBD 426.

Pint

a measure of half a quart, or the eighth part of a gallon. See Weights and Measures Act, 1878.

Marriage

conspicious place on the outer wall of the registrar's office a notice under the Marriage Notices (Scotland) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 43), or 'irregular' (see below). Any minister of any denomination may perform the

Pet animals

called a 'pet animal', Shaikah Mohd. Omer v. Collector of Customs, AIR 1971 SC 293 (295). [Customs Act, 1878 (Since repealed), s. 75]

Pennyweight

Pennyweight, twenty-four grains; see Weights and Measures Act,1878, Second Schedule, 'Weights.'

Measure

that the denomination of a length measure must be stamped upon it, s. 28 of the Act of 1878 having already prescribed the stamping upon a measure of capacity. The 25th chapter of Magna Charta prescribes one

‹ Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Next ›
Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free

Try free for 7 days