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Superannuation Acts, 1834-1935

Superannuation Acts, 1834-1935, (English) for pen-sioning the civil servants of the Crown or public authorities. The (English) principal Act is

Act done under colour of office

Act done under colour of office, an act is not done under colour of an office merely because the

Rash act

Rash act, a rash act is primarily an over hasty act. It is opposed to a deliberate act. Still a

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Locke's Act

Locke's Act (English), (23 & 24 Vict. c. 127), the Solicitors Act, 1860, amending the law as to the admission

Conveyancing Acts (English)

Conveyancing Acts (English). See LAW OF PRO-PERTY. These Acts, of which the principal were the Vendor and Purchaser Act, 1874

Reform Acts

Reform Acts (English) [2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 45 (1832), 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 (1867)], commonly called

Corn Production Act, 1917 (English)

Corn Production Act, 1917 (English), was an Act for encouraging the production of corn, and provided, inter alia, for State payments

Dissenters Chapels Act

Dissenters Chapels Act (7 & 8 Vict. c. 45), (statutory title, 'The (English) Nonconformist Chapels Act, 1844'), an Act passed in

Judicial Act

Judicial Act, the duties of the Election Officer certainly fit in with the aforesaid definition. He has legal authority to

Act of Bankruptcy

Act of Bankruptcy, an act, the commission of which by a debtor renders him liable to be adjudged a

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