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Year
March to 1st of January in and after 1752 by the Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 2, c. 23) (Chitty's Statutes, tit. ' Time '), but as appears from the preamble to that statute, the 1st
Name
any abbreviation of a name. [Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950, (12 of 1950), s. 2 (c)]
Guardianship
the child. In modern times, guardians may be said to be of six kinds:- (1) Testamentary.--By 12 Car. 2, c. 24, s. 8, the father, and by s. 5 of the Act of 1925, both father and mother … Act, 1922 and Administration of Estates Act, 1925. The father's authority of appointing a guardian under 12 Car. 2, c. 24' did not extend to copyhold property. (4) Ad litem.--A guardian ad litem is a person who agrees
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Debt
debt payable in kind, but does not include a judgment debt. [Interest Act, 1978 (14 of 1978), s. 2 (c)] The word 'debt' is used in the order/notice issued under Income-tax Act in the same meaning in which
Certiorari
Rules of 1886 (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Certiorari'). The Statute Law Revision Act of 1888 repeals 13 Geo. 2, c. 18, so that procedure on certiorari in a very great measure depends on Rules of Court alone. For
Lease
of 90 years, terminable by notice as there provided. A term of years absolute is defined [see s. 205 (xxvii.) of the Act] as a term of years, whether or not at a rent either certain or … letting of property, or laisser, Fr., to let, or leapum, or leasum, Sax., to enter lawfully], sometimes also called demise (demissio), is a grant of property for life, or years, or from year to year or at
Tobacco
was liable to a penalty of 10l. for every rood grown, recoverable by penal action. See 12 Car. 2, c. 34 (the preamble of which shows the origin of the prohibition to have been the protection and maintenance … of the colonies and plantations in America, and of the commerce of this country with them); 15 Car. 2, c. 7; and the (English) Tobacco Cultivation Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 13). As to Ireland
H'retico comburendo, De
repealed, though somehow two men were burnt in her reign and two under James I. by 29 Car. 2, c. 9, s. 1, the writ de h'retico comburendo was abolished, but with a saving for the jurisdiction of
Game
leasehold of 150l. a year, etc. This Act repeals the (English) Qualification Act of 22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 25, and (after giving the game to landlords in the case of leases made before the Act for
Arrest
of the subject against unlawful arrests and suits are Magna Charta and the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2, c. 2), which is amended and enforced by 56 Geo. 3, c. 100. A person is privileged from civil
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