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Public officer

capacity under the Crown or public authority, more particularly a person appointed by joint-stock banking companies, etc., under 7 Geo. 4, c. 46, s. 9, or otherwise to sue and be sued on behalf of a company.

Prothonotaries

Prothonotaries, officers in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer, who were superseded by the masters, 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 30; 1 Steph. Com. they were, however, continued in the Courts of

Republication of Wills

Republication of Wills, a second publication after cancelling or revoking. The Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), provides in s. 22 as follows:- No will or codicil, or any part

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Greenwax

of the Exchequer, under the seal of the Court, which was impressed upon green wax, to be levied, 7 Hen. 4, c. 3

Ely

of Ely was never a county palatine, but it was a royal franchise, which, however, by 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 87, was taken away from the bishop, whose secular authority is now vested in the

Gilbert Acts (English)

Gilbert, providing for the building and repairing of parsonages, with the amending Acts 21 Geo. 3, c. 66, 7 Geo. 4, c. 66, 1 & 2 Vict. c. 23, and 28 & 29 Vict. c. 69, described

Execution of Wills

Execution of Wills. By the (English) Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), s. 9:- No will shall be valid unless it be in writing and

Stocks

offences. For drunkenness it was prescribed in default of distress for a fine, by 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, s. 4 (not repealed until 1872 by the Licensing Act of that year), and similarly for Sunday trading

Declinatory plea

plea of sanctuary, also pleading of benefit of clergy before trial or conviction. Abolished by (English) 6 & 7 Geo. 4, c. 28, s. 6.

Conviction

of such subsequent offence, unless evidence of his good character be given.-(English) Previous Conviction Act, 1836, (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 111); Larceny Act,1861, s. 116. A previous conviction is proved by producing a record or

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