1904 - Law Dictionary Search Results
Weights and measures
weight only, and otherwise increases the severity of the law; and an amending (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1904, substitutes for the power of the Board of Trade to disapprove of regulations of local authorities an initiative
Park
Park [fr. parcus, Lat., fr. parco, to spare], a place of privilege for wild beasts of venery, and other wild beasts of the forest and chase; who are to have a firm place and protection there,...
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
of Scotland Act, 1706 (6 Ann. C. 11), and Free Church of Scotland (General Assembly) v. Overtoun (Lord), 1904, AC 515.
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Precatory words
Precatory words, expressions in a will, praying or recommending that a thing be done; e.g., that property bequeathed to a legatee be disposed of by him for the benefit of other persons ,the question then arising...
Plate
ss. 59, 60 of the (English) Customs Act, 1842, as amended by the Hall-marking of Foreign Plate Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 6), which directs that foreign plate when brought to be assayed and stamped, as
Passive resisters
resorted to especially in connection with the operation of the (English) Education Act, 1902. See R. v. Gillespie, 1904 KB 174.
Measure
adjusted or proportioned. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and DISTANCE. s. 13 (1) of the Weights and Measures Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 28), enacts that the denomination of a length measure must be stamped upon it,
Outgoing
Outgoing. 1. Payments which have to be made out of the gross returns of a property or business before its net proceeds can reach the owner, as a drainage rate on land, or the salaries of...
Notary or Notary Public
86). As to its jurisdiction in the case of the Colonies, see Bailleau v. Victorian Society of Notaries, 1904, P. 180. In Scotland a notary public must now be a qualified solicitor unless he was admitted a
Nets
Nets. A custom for fishermen to spread their nets to dry on the lands of a private owner at all times seasonable for fishing is good, as was held of two fishermen of Walmer in Kent...
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