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Bill of middlesex

the Court of King's Bench jurisdiction in personal actions, by arresting a defendant for a supposed trespass. The 2 Wm. 4, c. 39, abolished this fiction, and after 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, all personal actions

Attachment of privilege

some action. It is also a power to apprehend a person in a privileged place, Jac. Law Dict.; 2 Wm. 4, c. 39 (commonly called the Uniformity of Process Act), virtually abolished this proceeding, and 1 &

African company

near to those coasts. Several statutes were passed, placing their trade upon a new footing, but 1 & 2 Geo. 4, c. 28, abolished the company and annulled all the grants made to them; under it the

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Upset price and value

for a low price, Anil Kumar Srivastava v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2004) 8 SCC 671 (679): AIR 2004 SC 4299. [Contract Act 1872, ss. 2(a), 2(b), 4 and 7]

Rubricas

the Statutes of Uniformity and Public Prayer, viz., 5 & 6 Edw. 6, t. 1; 1 Eliz. c. 2; 13 & 14 Car. 2, c. 4.

Middlesex Registration of Deeds

Middlesex Registration of Deeds (7 Anne, c. 20,and 25 Geo. 2, c. 4); and see the Vendor and (English) Purchaser Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict.

Latin

and not to grammarians; called lawyers'Latin. English superseded Latin as the courts' language by virtue of 4 Geo. 2, c. 26.

Knacker

Knacker is defined by the (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 27), s. 15(e), as meaning 'a person whose trade or business it is to kill … Schedule thereto. See also (English) Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 39), s. 4, Sched. II.

Quo minus

co-extensive with that of the Common Pleas in actions personal. The writ of quo minus was abolished by 2 Wm. 4, c. 39.

Vestry, or vestiary

transact the parish business. By custom in some parishes, and by the (adoptive) Vestries Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4 c. 60), in others, a select number of parishioners was chosen yearly to manage the concerns

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