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Regnal year
throne-e.g., 6 Geo. V. means the sixty year since the accession of George the Fifth on May 6th, 1910, i.e., 6th May, 1915, to 5th May, 1916. For Table of Regnal Years, see Chitty's Statutes, vol. xvi.,
Rent
Rent [fr. reditus Lat.], a certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal; it may be regarded as of a two fold nature--first, as some-thing issuing out of the land, as a compensation for...
Reversion duty
Reversion duty. A duty imposed by the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, in certain cases on the determination of leases of more than twenty-one years. Repealed.
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Riot
ordered to be closed by justices of the peace under s. 63 of the (English) Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, and in Scotland by the sheriff, under s. 12 of the Temperance (Scotland) Act, 1913 (English) (3 &
Risk Note
Risk Note, the name sometimes given to the special contract, sanctioned by s. 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), but not binding on the consignor unless signed...
Scientia utrinque par pares contrahentes facit
Scientia utrinque par pares contrahentes facit (3 Bur. 1910), equal knowledge on both sides makes the contracting parties equal.
Seamen
Liability Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 42), but a rigger is (Chislett v. Macbeth & Co., 1910 AC 220). Seamen, however, are provided for in s. 35 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 &
Solicitor
Solicitor, an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature, who, and who only, is entitled to 'sue out any writ or process, or commence, carry on, solicit, or defend any action, suit or other proceeding' in...
Injunction
Injunction, Expression 'injunction' in s. 41(b) is not qualified by an adjective and, therefore, it would, comprehend both interim and perpetual injunc-tion, Cotton Corporation of India v. United Industries Ltd., AIR 1983 SC 1272 (1277): (1983)...
Sequestration
Sequestration. This is a prerogative process (formerly confined to the Court of Chancery and the Courts of Probate and Divorce), addressed to certain commissioners empowering them to enter upon real estates, and sequester the rents, and...
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