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Landing charges

an importer for bringing goods on board ship to land. Landing charges, in law, must be assessed on actuals, but, as a matter of practice, particularly to facilitate expenditure clearance. Landing charges are assessed at a percentage

Allocation of time

In U.K., the House of Commons has, in principle, control of the time of the House, but, in actual practice, this control has been delegated to the Government. Parliamentary Practice by Erskie May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 269.

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Intoxicating liquor

though prior to that decision the usual practice was to renew such licences in all cases except where actual misconduct on the part of the holder was shown. Since the passing of the Licensing Act, 1904 (4

Diesis

A small interval less than any in actual practice but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals

Conveyancing counsel

Conveyancing counsel. The Lord Chancellor may nominate any number of conveyancing counsel in actual practice, not less than six who have practised as such for ten years at least, to be the conveyancing

Jury

from service may be claimed by peers, M.P.'s, clergy-men, ministers and priests, judges, magistrates, barristers and solicitors in actual practice, notaries public, officers of both Houses of Parliament, of the Supreme Court, and of metropolitan magistrates, clerks of

farmland

a rural area where farming is practiced land actually under cultivation or capable of supporting crops … a rural area where farming is practiced land actually under cultivation or capable of supporting crops

Apparent heir

heir. See HEIR. In Scots Law, he is the person to whom the succession to heritable property has actually opened. He is so called until his regular entry on the lands. The term is now of little … opened. He is so called until his regular entry on the lands. The term is now of little practical importance.

Arrest of ship

and 16, and Roscoe's Admiralty Practice. When the arrest is malicious, an action will lie without proof of actual damage (The 'Walter D.Wallett,' 1893, P. 202).

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