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Coroner

& 17 Geo. 5, c. 59), and the Coroners Rules, 1927. As to coroners' inquests on deaths from accidents in mines, see (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, ss. 84, 102 (6); on deaths from accidents connected with

Chaff-cutting machines

Chaff-cutting machines are required, for prevention of accidents, if worked by any motive power other than manual labour, to have their feeding mouths so contrived as

Law Reform (UK)

Act are in addition to the rights conferred on the dependants of deceased persons by the (English) Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846 to1908, or by the Carriage by (English) Air Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c.

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Dieu et son acte

of God), words often used in ourlaw. It is a maxim that the act of God, or inevitable accident, shall prejudice no man, actus Dei nemini facit injuriam. See ACT OF GOD.

Flotages

Flotages, such things as by accident swim on the top of great rivers.

Forfeiture

and that the relief should not be granted again. Except as above, and except in rare cases of accident or surprise, no relief was grantable, however trivial the breach might have been, and however great might be

Escapium

Escapium, that which comes by chance or accident, Cowel

Disability

earning capacity of a woman in any employment in which he was engaged at the time of the accident resulting in the disablement, and, where the disablement is of a permanent nature, such disablement as reduces his

Continuous service

service, and includes service which may be interrupted merely on account of sickness or authorised leave or an accident or a strike which is not illegal or a lock-out or a cessation of work which is not

Dependant and dependent

of the workman at the time of his death, or would but for the incapacity due to the accident, have been so dependent, and where the workman, being the parent or grand-parent of an illegitimate child, leaves

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