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Letters-patent, or letters overt

alone shall be entitled, during a limited period, to make Articles according to his own invention--Statute of Monopolies, 21 Jac. 1, c. 3. To be the subject of a patent-right an article must be material and capable

Banker

creditor, with a superadded obligation on the banker to honour the customer's cheques, so that the Limitations Act, 1623, (21 Jac. 1, c. 16), runs against the customer. See UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. A cheque is not an assignment

Mortgage

only be granted with the concurrence of both mortgagor and mortgagee, see Keech v. Hall, (1745) 1 Doug 21; 2 Sm. L.C. In West Bromwich Building Society v. Bullock, 80 SJ 654, it was held that the

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Sanctuary

was attended by attainder of blood and forfeiture of goods. Sanctuary and abjuration were abolished in 1625 by 21 Jac.1, c. 21, after having been restricted by 26 Hen. 8, c. 13, 27 Hen. 8, c. 19,

Thames

shall be deemed to form part of the Thames. The (English) Act of 1894 repeals thirty Acts, from 21 Jac. 1, c. 32, to the (English) Thames Preservation Act, 1885. The 'conservators' under the Act ae partly

Rome

Rome. See ROMAN CATHOLICS and PR'MUNIRE. 25 Hen. 8, c. 21, ss. 1 and 17, and 1 Eliz. c. 1, s. 2, forbade the payment of Peter-pence to the

Author

his publisher is a personal one and is not assignable, Griffith v. Tower Publishing Co., (1897) 1 Ch 21. See Nisbet & Co. v. Golf Agency, (1907) 23 TLR 370, and Evans v. Hulton & Co., (1924)

Birth, Concealing

was first created in connection with the birth of bastards only, and concealment by the mother was by 21 Jac. 1, c. 27, punishable by death until the repeal of that statute in1802 by 43 Geo. 3,

Detinue

3 CPD 389] and in bankruptcy. As to the actual recovery of a chattel detained, see R. S.C. 1883, O. XLVIII., taken from (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 78, by which a writ of delivery may be

Best evidence rule

of evidence, the best that the nature of the case will allow, Omychnd v. Barker, (1745) 1 Atk 21. Best evidence rule, means the rule requires in effect that the best or most direct evidence of a

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