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was given in any ecclesiastical cause by the archbishop, 25 Hen. 8, c. 19, repealed by 2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 92.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