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Matrimonial Causes Acts, 1857-1923; 1925 and 1937 (English)

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Divorce

Divorce [fr. divortium, Lat.], the dissolution of the marriage contract, grantable (after 31st December, 1937) to either a husband or wife under the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1

Civil list

George V.; and 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 15), to King Edward VIII.; and 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 32), to King George VI. Civil List pensions to the

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Infectious diseases

Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 49), ss. 143 to 180, repealing (from October, 1937) ss. 120-143 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1875, contains various provisions calculated to prevent the spread of

Pith and substance

Pith and substance, as per this doctrine, the question whether an impugned law would relate to the subject-matter within jurisdiction of one legislature or the other is decided by the substance or the real scope of...

Lodger

90, repealed and replaced by the (English) Public Health Act, 1936 (which came into operation on 1st October, 1937), ss. 235 et seq. And the Housing Acts, and in London by the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,

Lodging houses, common

replaced by Part IX. Of the (English) Public health Act, 1936, coming into operation on the 1st October, 1937.

Maker and drawer

used in connection with promissory notes, Firm Sheikh Mohammad Ismail Maula Bakhsh v. Mian Abdul Majid Khan, AIR 1937 Lah 259.

Manslaughter

established--the breach of a statutory duty causing death is not necessarily manslaughter, Andrews v. Director of Public Prosecutions, 1937 AC 576. See CHANCE

Marriage

by Roman Dutch law, see Horak v. Horak, (1861) 3 Searle, 389, and see now Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937, and DIVORCE. Marriages Abroad.--A mixed Ecclesiastical and Common Law, is in force for parties, one at least of

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