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Act of uniformity

religious practices in England and Ireland, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 35. Act of uniformity, 14 Car. 2, c. 4 (1662), which enacts that the Prayer Book, scheduled thereto, shall be used in churches, and applies as

Child

a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age. [Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), s. 2 (c)] Means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,

False news, spreading

3 Edw. 1 (Stat. West. Prim.), c. 34; 2 Rich. 2, st. 1, c. 5; and 12 Rich. 2, c. 11, all repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 59). See SEDITION,

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Five-mile Act

five miles from thence, repealed (after long disuse) by 7 & 8 Vict. c. 102. Also, 17 Car. 2, c. 2, whereby clergy who refused to take the oath of non-resistance imposed by the Act on all who

Income-tax

latest editions of Dowell or Konstam on Income Tax. See SUPER-TAX. The term 'Income-tax' as employed in s. 2 of the Finance Act, 1964 includes surcharge as also the special and the additional surcharge whenever provided which … Income-tax, a tax of so much in the pound of income, under five classifications, according as derived from (A) ownership of land or houses, etc., (B) occupation of land or houses, etc.,

Premises

for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof. [Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (4 of 1971), s. 2 (c) (i) (ii)] Means any land, shop, stall or place where any insecticide is sold or manufactured or stored … 2205 (1972) 2 SCC 239: (1973) 1 SCR 515 [Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1970, s. 2(c)]. S. 5(8) defines 'premises' among other things, as, any building or part of a building let or given

Residue

the surplusage of an intestate's estate was provided for by the Statute of Distribution (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10), explained by 29 Car. 2, c. 3, and 1 Jac. 2, c. 17. the distribution of the … provided for by the Statute of Distribution (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10), explained by 29 Car. 2, c. 3, and 1 Jac. 2, c. 17. the distribution of the estates of persons dying after 1925 is

Serjeant

virgatories, because they carried the silver rods gilded, as they now do maces, before the sovereign, Fleta, 1. 2, c. 38. (3) Serjeants of the household were officers who executed several functions within royal household, 3 Hen. 8,

Time

in Scotland. In 1751 the Gregorian, or present, calendar was substituted for the Julian Calendar by 24 Geo. 2, c. 23. 1. A measure of duration 2. A point in or period of duration at or during which

Riot

the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful. By 13 Car. 2, c. 5, more than ten persons coming to present a petition to the King, and by 57 Geo. 3,

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