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Nudum pactum est ubi nulla subest causa pr'ter conventionem; sed ubi subest causa, fit obligatio, et parit actionem

becomes an obligation, and gives a right of action.) Similarly, Nuda pactio obligationem non parit. Dig. 2, 14, 7, s. 4, (A naked promise does not be get an obligation); and ex nudo pacto non oritur actio.

Hue and Cry

and to an action at the suit of the party injured. The Criminal Law Act, 1826 (7 Geo. 4, c. 64), s. 28, pro-vides for compensation to persons who have been active in the apprehension of any … uproar that, at common law, a citizen was expected to initiate after discovering a crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Interlineation

Ffinch v. Combe, 1894, P. 191), must, by s. 21 of the (English) Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), be executed as the Will itself (see WILL), but the signature of the

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Lapse

leaving issue surviving at the testator's death, then, by s. 33 of the Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), the devise or bequest does not lapse, but takes effect as if the

Masters of the Common Law Courts

of the Courts of King's Bench and Exchequer, and also in the Common Pleas. They were appointed by 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 30, and their duties were to tax costs, compute damages, attend the

Negative

need not be negatived in the information, Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, s. 39 (2); 1 Phil. Evid. c. vii., s. 4. [Or. 14, r. 6, CPC].

Gold-mines

transfer of gold and silver mines in the County Palatine of Durham to the Crown, see 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 19 and 21 & 22 Vict. c. 45

Parish Registers

c. 146), repealed as to marriages by the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86). The Parochial Registers and Records Measure, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, No. 1), provides for … Parish Registers, of baptisms, marriages, and burials directed to be kept by Canon 70, and by the Parochial Registers Act, 1812 (52 Geo. 3, c. 146), repealed as to marriages by the

Parochial Assessment Act, 1836

Parochial Assessment Act, 1836 (English) (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 96), whereby poor-rates were made on the net annual value of the rateable property, is

Pillory

5 Eliz. c. 9, to have his ears nailed thereto, was altogether and finally abolished in 1837 by 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 23.

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