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Drunkenness
Beard, 1920 AC 479. Habitual Drunkards.--The confinement of habitual drunkards is regulated by the (English) Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 19), as amended by the Inebriates Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. C.
Public prosecutor
said to be against the King's peace, his Crown and dignity. By the (English) Prosecution of Offences Act, 1879, an officer called the' Director of Public Prosecutions' may be appointed with six assistants, and such an officer
Army (UK)
Army (UK) [fr. armee, Fr.], the military force of a country. From1689 to 1879, the army was regulated by Annual Mutiny Acts usually expiring in April, and by the 'Articles of War'
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Subordinate Court
Small causes established under Act No. 9 of 1850 or Act No. 11 of 1865. [Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (18 of 1879), s. 3]
Recognisance
KB 380. See also R. v. Sandbach, Ex p. Williams, (1935) 2 KB 192, and Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 49), s. 31, sub-s. 3, as amended by Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933
Special case
As to cases stated by justices, see the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1957, and (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, s. 33, by which any person aggrieved by a conviction, order, determination, or other proceeding of a Court
Precedent
v. Hitchman led to the passing of s. 2(a) of the (English) Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1879. In London and North Western Ry. Co. v. Skerton three judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, being
Joint-stock Banks
old Companies Act of 1862 were unlimited until 1880, when many took advantage of the (English) Companies Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 76), to register anew as limited; see now Companies Act, 1929, ss. 321,
Imprisonment
guilty or admit the truth of the information, see ss. 19 and 31 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, as amended by (English) Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 38); this Act
Executor
colonies, e.g., New Zealand, where not more than 5 per cent. can be allowed by the Administration Act, 1879 [1879, No. 49, s. 20], the executor has a percentage by statute on the net amount realized. Executors
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