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Church Building Acts (English)
by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 55, transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, a body incorporated by 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 77. See ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS.
Charter
(English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 210) or corporations; e.g., to 'chartered' banking or other trading companies [see 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 73, and (English) Chartered Companies Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c.
Capital offences
etc. (12 Geo. 3, c. 24); piracy when accompanied by attempted murder [(English) Piracy Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88) s. 2]. See PIRACY. Originally all felonies were capital, but early in the
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Building societies
Unincorporated societies (now few in number) are governed by the (English) Building Societies Act of 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 32), and certain sections of the old (English) Friendly Societies Acts of 1829 and 1835
Bastard
was rejected by Parliament in 1235. See MERTON, STATUTE OF. The law of England remained thus for nearly 700 years, until the Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), legitimated a child born out … of relationship, it being the natural relationship which is here considered, R. v. Brighton (Inhabitants), (1861) 1 B&S 447. A bastard has no duties towards his natural parents. The mother, whilst unmarried or a widow, must maintain
Assisa panis et cerevisi'
assizing or adjusting the weight and measure of bread and beer, Cowel's Law Dict. Replaced by 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 37.
Alteration
at the time of execution; but it is otherwise with wills. See (English) Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), s. 21. As to alteration of a bill of exchange, see s. 64
Special occupancy
continued, the heir would succeed, and he was called a special occupant. See Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), ss. 3, 6; but in case of death of the tenant pur autre
Sodor and man, Bishopric of
by Henry VIII, 33 Hen. 8, c. 31.See 1 & 2 Vict. c. 30, repealing partially 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 77. The bishop is not a lord spiritual, the lands with which the see was
Beset
Beset. S. 7 of the (English) Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 86), makes it … dispute has been mitigated by s. 2 of the (English) Trade Disputes Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 47), which legalizes 'peaceful picketing,' but by the (English) Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927 (17 & 18
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