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Distress

and implements of his trade to the value of 5l., by the (English) Law of Distress Amendment Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 21), s. 4, unless the interest of the tenant has expired and possession

& 8 Wm. 3, c. 37, repealed and reenacted by the consolidating mortmain and (English) Charitable Uses Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 42), which provides that 'land''which term, by s. 10, includes tenements and hereditaments

County Councils

County Councils. The elective bodies established by the Local Government Act, 1888 (c. 41), to manage certain specified administrative business of each county (see LOCAL GOVERNMENT), formerly managed by the

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Oath

affirming (see AFFIRMATION) instead of taking an oath has now been universally granted by the (English) Oaths Act, 1888, by which-- Every person upon objection to being sworn, and stating, as the ground of such objection, either

Recovery of land

Order V., actions to recover possession of land under ss. 138 and 139 of the County Courts Act, 1888, were to be so called in distinction from actions of ejectment under s. 59, ibid., but by the

Stamp duties

executed. Very important alterations in the law of stamps were effected by the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1888. Prior to that Act it was no offence not to stamp any instruments except receipts, the provision that

Music and dancing licences

Licensing Act, 1926 (16 & 17Geo. 5, c. 31); and by s. 3 of the Local Government Act, 1888, which transferred the licensing powers from justices to the London County Council. For Sunday entertainments, see (English) Sunday

Trust

seeking to create a perpetuity, or accumulating annual income be-yond the statutory limits. By the (English) Trustee Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 59), s. 8, a trustee may under certain circumstances plead the Statute of

Succession duties

by 22 & 23 Vict. c. 21, ss. 12-15, and by the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1881, 1888, and 1889, imposed a new set of duties, varying in amount from 1 per cent. in the case

Railway and Canal Commission

Railway and Canal Commission, a body established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, to supersede the Railway Commissioners, who had been appointed under the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 (36

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