1884 - Law Dictionary Search Results
Market
Market [anciently written mercat, fr. mercatus, Lat.], a public time and place of buying and selling; also purchase and sale. It differs from the forum, or market of antiquity, which was a public market-place on one...
Lunatic
The Home Secretary may order insane prisoners to be removed from prison to asylums [(English) Criminal Lunatics Act, 1884, s. 2]. See Archbold's Crim. Pleading, etc. As to Scotland, see the (English) Lunacy (Scotland) Acts of 1857,
Lodger-franchise
was afterwards extended to the occupiers of lodgings in counties by the (English) Representation of the People Act, 1884. Lodger-franchise was abolished by the (English) Representation of the People Act, 1918. See ELECTORAL FRANCHISE.
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Labourer
Labourer, according to the dictionary meaning, this indicates a person who is engaged in the performance of unskilled labour, generally speaking. A person who is called upon to do some work which requires some amount of...
Fees
means of stamps under s. 26 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1875, and a Treasury Order of July, 1884, a judicial Order of the same year fixing the amount, and see Supreme Court Fees Rules, 1930. The
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
the Navy; and Naval Regulations and Instructions, chap. xi.; and see the (English) Naval Discipline Acts, 1866 and 1884.
Income
Income, s. 4 of the Income-tax Act, defines the 'total income' to include all income, profits and gains from whatever source deprived. The definition of 'income' in Shaw Wallace & Co. case, 1932 (59) IA 206,...
House of Commons
less extensive re-arrangement of seats took place, and household and lodger franchise was established in boroughs; and in 1884, when household and lodger franchise was established in counties, and a rearrangement of seats in proportion to population
Held
Held, the word 'held' means possession of legal and does not require actual connected occupation, Jilubhai Nanbhai Khadhar v. State of Gujarat, 1995 Supp (1) SCC 596; AIR 1995 SC 142. The word 'held' in s....
Heir
Heir [fr. heire, Old Fr.; h'res, Lat.], a person who succeeds by descent to an estate of inheritance. It is nomen collectivum, and extends to all heirs; and under heirs, the heirs of heirs are comprehended...
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