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Treason

species of treason are declared by the Treason Act, 1351, or 'Statute of Treasons' (25 Edw. 3, st. 5, c. 2), as follows:- (1) When a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the

House of Commons

Qualification.--The property qualification of members, which was by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 48, amending 9 Anne, c. 5, by allowing personal property to count fixed at 600l. a year for a county, and 300l. a year … Anne, c. 5, by allowing personal property to count fixed at 600l. a year for a county, and 300l. a year for a borough member, was abolished in 1858 by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 26. Payment

Reasonable restriction

public, P.P. Enterprises v. Union of India, AIR 1982 SC 1016: (1982) 2 SCC 33: (1982) 3 SCR 510. Reasonable restrictions, in England no Constitutional guarantee of fundamental rights exists. In England on the grounds of public

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Land-tax

Essex, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. The sum fixed by the (English) Land Tax Act, 1797 (38 Geo. 3, c. 5), to be paid for the land-tax in Great Britain was 2,037,627l. 9s. 0'd., made up by contributions of

Week

of the the term 'week', we think that in the context of sub-ss. (1) and (3) of s. 5 of the Act, the term has to be taken to signify a cycle of seven days including Sundays,

Public authority

an authority under Article 12 of the constitution is covered by the definition of public authority, Shivanna Waik v. Bangalore University, AIR 2006 NOC 145 (Karn). Means any authority or body or institution of self-government established or … out its transactions for the benefit of the public and not for private profit, Halsbury's Laws of England, 3rd Edn., Vol. 30, p. 682. Means any authority or body established or con-stituted,-- (i) by or under the

India

continue for five yeas unless dissolved sooner. The (English) Government of Burma Act, 1935 (26 Geo. 5, c. 3), regulates the Government of Burma. The executive authority is exercised by the Governor, who has the advice of … officer subordinate to the Governor-General of India.' The repealed Government of India Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 61), repealed wholly or in part a series of forty-seven earlier Acts from 1770 to 1912, with

Horses

1911, s. 1, as amended by the Protection of Animals, etc., Act. 1912, and 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 54, requiring the use of anesthetics in certain cases. The slaughter of injured horses by, or by … 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;

Chose

period choses in action of all kinds were held to be freely assignable for valuable consideration; see Ryall v. Rowles, W&T LC and notes thereto. By the (English) Law of Properties Act, 1925, s. 136(1), replacing the … to certain provisions contained in the s.. See also the (English) Policies of Assurance Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 144). This s. 136 of the J. a. Act, 1925, is not confined to the assignment

Slander

not actionable without proof of special damage, see Pater v. Baker, 3 CB 831; Steward v. Young, LR 5 CP 122. A limited company are liable for a slander uttered by their servant in the course of

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