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Horses

Horses. The buying of stolen horses is attempted to be checked by 2 & 3 P. & M. c. 7 and 31 Eliz. c. 12, which require a record of sales at markets;

Contumace capiendo

Contumace capiendo. Excommunication in all cases of contempt in the spiritual courts is discontinued by 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, s. 2, and in lieu thereof, where a lawful citation or sentence has not been obeyed,

act

: a decision or determination of a sovereign, a legislative council, or a court of justice compare bill 3 often cap : a formal record of something done or transacted [given as my free and deed] [matters … : the failure to do something that one has a legal duty to do called also negative act 2 a often cap : the formal product of a legislative body : the formally declared will of a

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Common

being in general not otherwise measured than by limiting the instruments of enjoyment. The Prescription Act (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 71), s. 1, enacts that after thirty years' enjoyment a right of common cannot be

Lis pendens

of the court made in a cause in which he was not concerned, see Price v. Price, (1887) 35 Ch D 297. But by the (English) Judgments Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 11), s. 7,

Slavery

bondage or servitude, Black's Law Diction-ary, 7th Edn., p. 1393. The system of colonial slavery ws abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 73. See 5 Geo. 4, c. 113; 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. … man has absolute power over the liberty of another. It cannot subsist in England. See Sommersett's case, (1771-2) 20 St. Tr. 1; Lofft, 1; Broom's Const. Law, pp. 65 et seq., where it was held that a

Way

w'g, Sax.; weigh, Dut.; vig or wig, M. Goth.], road made for passengers. 1. A passage or pat 2. A right to travel over another's property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1587. There are three kinds … kinds of ways:-1st, a footway (iter); 2nd, a footway and horseway (actus, vulgarly called packe and prime way; 3rd, via or aditus, which contains the other two, and also a cartway, etc.; and this is two-fold, viz.,

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a tribunal of Privy Councilors, established by 2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 92, for the disposal of appeals to the Sovereign in Council. It consists of the

Overdue

Overdue, past the time of payment. By s. 36 (2), (3), and (4) of the (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882:- (2) where an overdue bill is

Vice-Admiralty Courts

in his Majesty's possessions beyond the seas with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. See 3 Steph. Com. The Vice-Admiralty Courts Act, 1863 (26 Vict. c. 24), repealed 2 & 3 Wm. 4 c.

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