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Wages
full age. Wages of any 'servant, labourer, or workman' cannot be attached to satisfy judgments, (English) Wages Attachment Abolition Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 30). Seamen have a lien on the ship for their wages;
Petty-bag Office
which original writs relating to the business of the Crown were anciently kept. By the Great Seal Offices Abolition Act, 1884, s. 5, provision was made for the abolition of the office of Clerk of the Petty
Estate
SCC 218: AIR 1972 SC 2301: (1973) 1 SCR 356. The word 'estate' in s. 66 of the Abolition Act denotes only the estate governed by the Permanent Settlement Regulation and the Estates Land Act and not
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Magna Carta
of horses, carts, and woods for the service of the royal castles, have been rendered obsolete by the abolition of feudalism. The 22nd chapter declares thus:-'We will not hold the lands of them that be convict of
Death penalty
Death penalty, means death by hanging. The punishment only for high treason and piracy with violence. The capital punishment for murder was abolished by the murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, 1965 and a sentence of...
Building
Markonda Narasimha Rao, AIR 2006 AP 8. The word 'building' has not been defined in the U.P. Zamindari Abolition Act, 1951 and must be construed in its ordinary grammatical sense unless there is something in the context
Bail
41. Bail may be given either in civil or criminal cases. In civil cases there were, before the abolition of arrest on mesne process by the Debtors Act, 1869:- (1) Common bail, or bail below, given to
Lineal warranty
warranty, this was lineal to the younger son, Litt. S. 703. Abolished by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Abolition Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74), s. 14.
Parish Constables
Parish Constables. See CONTABLES, and 35 & 36 Vict. c. 92, by which provision is made for their abolition.
Obsolete
Wager of Battel survived till 1819 and required a statute, or was deemed to require one, for its abolition, and so did pressing to death for want of a plea, and the inquiry whether the prisoner fled
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