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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Prothonotaries, officers in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer, who were superseded by the masters, 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict.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 For drunkenness it was prescribed in default of distress for a fine, by 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, s. 4 (not repealed until 1872 by the Licensing Act of that year), and similarly for Sunday trading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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