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Maxim
Maxim [fr. maximum Lat.], an axiom; a general principle; a leading truth so called, says Coke, quia maxima est ejus dignitas et certissima auctoritas, atque quod maxime omnibus probetur, 1 Inst. 11. Modern opinion, however, does...
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...
Markets and fairs
markets and fairs:-Metropolitan Fairs Act, 1868; Fairs Acts, 1871 and 1873; Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts, 1887 and 1891, and 1926. See Newcastle (Duke of) v. Workshop U.D.C., (1902) 2 Ch 145; and consult Pease
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Magna Carta
Court still exists for the purpose of parliamentary elections, and the sheriff's turn was not expressly abolished until 1887 by the Sheriffs Act of that year, s. 18. The 36th chapter enacts that:-'It shall not be lawful
Perils of the sea
Perils of the sea, means perils, dangers and accidents of the sea or other navigable waters is an expression meaning perils, or accidents peculiar to sea or navigable waters, which could not have been reasonably foreseen...
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Ordinary rank as barons for life and sit and vote in the House of Lords. (Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1887, s. 2)
Lis pendens
Lis pendens (a pending suit). The pendency of another action between the same a parties for the same cause of action might, under the former practice, have been pleaded in abatement, though not in bar; but...
Inquisition
Inquisition, inquiry, inquest; the finding of a tribunal charged to inquire. The three best known inquisitions are:- 1. A coroner's inquisition, which is [see (English) Coroners Act,1887, s. 4, sub-s. 3] a certificate of the verdict...
Infant Settlements Act, 1855
Infant Settlements Act, 1855 (English) (18 & 19 Vict. c. 43), preserved by the Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 27(3), but so that a legal estate in land is not vested in an infant. By virtue...
Park
the management of the royal parks see the (English) Parks Regulation Act, 1872; London Parks and Works Act, 1887; and Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5. C. 36); also (English) Housing, Town and
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