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Allotments

for allotments may be acquired compulsorily by the above bodies (ss. 12 and 27, Land Settlement (Facilities) Act, 1919) (as amended by the 1925 Act, s. 1). This Act as amended by the Allotments Act, 1922, necessitates

Chancery

(English) Land Registration Act, 1925, Life Assurance Companies Act, 1896, (English) and Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 and 1919. Also all matters within the jurisdiction of the High Court under the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, and certain

Alien

now controlled by the (English) Aliens Restriction Act, 1914, as amended by the (English) Aliens Restriction Amendment Act, 1919. By an Order in Council aliens may be prohibited from landing or leaving the United Kingdom: may be

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Afforest

Afforest, to turn ground into a forest, Carta de Foresta, c. 1. See (English) Forestry Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58), and FOREST

Aerial Navigation

Aerial Navigation. The (English) Aerial Navigation Act, 1911, 1913 and 1919, were repealed by the (English) Air Navigation Act of 1920 as amended, which together with the Air Navigation

Adoptive Act of Parliament

(English) Museums and Gymnasiums Act, 1891. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Museums.' The (English) Public Libraries Act, 1892 to 1919. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Libraries.' Sometimes an adoptive Act may be put in force inspite of non-adoption, see

Aborigines

observations in the Privy Council on the rights and status of aboriginal tribes, see. Southern Rhodesia (in re:), 1919 AC 211

parol

parol [Anglo-French, speech, talk, from Old French parole] : an oral declaration or statement [where the evidence of the gift rests in "Matter of Cohn, 176 N.Y.S. 225 (1919) (dissent)"] adj 1 : executed or made...

Canal

to placing telegraph lines across canals, see (English) Telegraph Construction Act, 1911. The (English) Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, transferred to that Ministry the powers and duties relating to canals previously vested in other Government Departments.

Check-weigher

of the mineral to take a correct amount of the weight. See Check-weighing in (English) Various Industries Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 51). See Date v. Gas Coal Collieries, 1914 (3) KB 1175.

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