Skip to content

3 4 - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Branding

punishment inflicted by law for various offences, after the offender had been allowed benefit of clergy. Abolished by 3 Geo. , 4, c. 38.

Burkism

the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection. See preamble of the (English) Anatomy Act, 1833 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 75).

Chandos Clause

Chandos Clause, the 20th s. of the (English) Representation of the People Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 45), giving the right of voting in counties to leaseholders: introduced by the Marquis of

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Commission of dlegates

was given in any ecclesiastical cause by the archbishop, 25 Hen. 8, c. 19, repealed by 2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 92.

Corpse

is a misdemeanour at Common Law, Reg. v. Sharpe, (1857) 26 LJ C 47; R. v. Kenyon, (1901) 36 LJ News. 571. Refusing to bury dead bodies by those whose duty it is to do so is … a corpse from a grave is a misdemeanour at Common Law, Reg. v. Sharpe, (1857) 26 LJ C 47; R. v. Kenyon, (1901) 36 LJ News. 571. Refusing to bury dead bodies by those whose duty it

Sheep-stealing

Sheep-stealing, or killing sheep with intent to steal, is a felony, Larceny Act, 1916, ss. 3 and 4.

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

Procedure Act (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27) [see Read v. Price, (1909) 2 KB 724], and 37 & 38 Vict. c. 57, the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, certain periods are fixed within which,

Tail

of estate are still applicable (a) in the investigation of all titles to land in existence on the 31st December, 1925; (b) in the construction of equitable interests into which these were converted on the 1st January, … 'heir' or 'heirs' must be used, White v. Collins, (1719) 1 Comyns' Rep 289, (301); 2 Prest. Est. 475, unless the deed was executed since the Conveyancing Act, 1881, when the words 'in tail' without the words

Copyhold

he may lease for any number of years. (8) Copyholds are liable to all sorts of debts, by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 104, and the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110).

Costs

the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and 2 & 3 Hen. 8, c. 6, and 4 Jac. 1, c. 3, to a victorious defendant; see Garnett v. Bradley,

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial