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Borough Funds Acts

v. A.-G., 1899 AC 293; and the Borough Funds Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 14), has materially amended that Act by requiring the resolutions of councils to promote bills to be submitted to public meetings, and

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

and Deaths. By the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86), amended by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 22), a

reparation

reparation 1 a : the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury b : something done or given as amends

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Allotments

may be acquired compulsorily by the above bodies (ss. 12 and 27, Land Settlement (Facilities) Act, 1919) (as amended by the 1925 Act, s. 1). This Act as amended by the Allotments Act, 1922, necessitates a six

Administrator

in the residuary estate of the intestate. (English) Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s. 162, as amended by (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1928, s. 9. See DISTRIBUTION. If there is a minority, or if

Abatement

Criminal Law Act, 1826 (7 Geo. 4, c. 64), s. 19, in case of misnomer the judge may amend the indictment or information, and call upon the prisoner or defendant to plead in bar to the merits;

u.s. constitution

on the powers and activities of our federal and state governments. The term "U.S. Constitution" also includes its amendments. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are referred to as the Bill of Rights. Source: Federal Judicial

Conspiracy

and the law as to them now depends principally on the two statutes of 1875 and 1906 (as amended by the Act of 1927) next referred to, which have greatly altered the old law of conspiracy. By

Canal

may act as carriers. The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), as amended by the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 48), provides for the interchange

In custodia legis

As to goods seized under a County Court warrant, see County Courts Act, 1934, s. 134, reproducing with amendments the 1888 Act, s. 160; Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 35.

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