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Previous conviction

Previous conviction. The 11th s. of the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), reciting that 'it is expedient to provide for the more exemplary punishment of offenders … has since been substituted for transportation, and the whipping is abolished. The (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), by s. 37, authorizes the infliction of penal servitude up to ten years on

Riot Damages Act, 1886

rate, to any person sustaining damage by riot. From very early times (see the repealed acts scheduled to 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 27) compensation of some kind for damage by riot was recoverable from 'hundredors'

Assay

testing and proving of coins, metals, etc. By the (English) Gold and Silver Wares Act, 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 22), s. 2, partly repealed by the (English) Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, … As to assay of foreign imported plate, see 46 & 47 Vict. c. 55, s. 10; 4 Edw. 7, c. 6; and 7 Edw. 7, c. 13, s. 5 see PLATE. Means a proof or trial, by

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Power

vested in an estate owner and exercisable by him or on his behalf; certain statutory powers (see ss. 7 and 8, ibid.). This Act, having abolished the Statute of Uses powers deriving their effect by way of a declaration

Corn Tax Abolition Act (English)

c. 14), s. 4, reimposed under the guise of 3d. per cwt. By the Finance Act,1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 7), s. 1, but taken off again by the Finance Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 8)

Reserve Forces

emergency, and the Act has been applied to an Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force Reserve under 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 51, and 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 15, and S.R. & O.

Boundaries

Boundary Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 46), and the Representation of the People Act,1918 (7 & 8Geo. 5, c. 64). The boundaries of municipal boroughs, as fixed under the repealed Municipal Corporations Acts, 1835 and … in documents. The practice in regard to Registered Land is regulated by the Land Registration Act, 1925, s. 76, and Rules, 1925, ss. 272-288. The divisions of counties and the limit of cities and boroughs so far

Appointment in exercise of a Power

the instrument conferring the power for the purposes of construing the appointed limitation or trust. Sugden on Powers, 8th ed., p. 472. See (English) Preston's Act (54 Geo. 3, c. 168), as to the attestation of appointments

Affiliation

Vict. c. 65, and 36 Vict. c. 9), and the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 101), ss. 4-8, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Bastardy.' The law has been further amended by the (English) … of witnesses, see (English) Bastardy (Witness Process) Act, 1929 (c. 38), and (English) Poor Law Act, 1884, s. 70, as regards bastardy proceedings. See Lushington on Affiliation.

Heriot

Act, 1841, s. 13. By the (Eng-lish) Copyhold Act, 1852, s. 16, and the Copyhold Act, 1858, ss. 7 and 8, more effectual provisions were made for this purpose; and s. 6 of the (English) Copyhold Act, 1894, enacts

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