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Apportionment

142 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925. Previously to that Act the Law of (English) Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 3, provided that where the reversion upon a lease

Mortgage

unless an intention to that effect be expressed or implied. These Acts were repealed and reproduced in an amended form, to give effect to the assimilation of real and personal property by the (English) Administration of Estates

Westminster the First, Statute of

barons, and by cities and boroughs; corrects and retrains the power of the king's escheator and other officers; amends the criminal law, putting the crime of rape on the footing to which it has been lately restored,

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Adrectare

Adrectare, to do right, satisfy, or make amends, Cowel's Law Dict.

Compounding

is where the party robbed not only knows the felon, but also takes his goods again, or other amends, upon an agreement not to prosecute; this offence was denominated theftbote. It is a misdemeanour and is punishable

Commissioners for Oaths

one shilling and sixpence. The (English) Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 10), which amends and consolidates twenty-four enactments on the subject, enacts by s. 1 that the Lord Chancellor may, from time

Cable

the (English) Consolidating Anchors and Chain Cables Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 23), which simplifies and amends the law by providing more elaborate tests, the Schedule containing which takes the place of Rules of the

Burial ground

1900, (63 & 64 Vict. c. 15), regulates the consecration of burial grounds not being churchyards, and otherwise amends the law affecting such burial-grounds. By the (English) Burial Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 44), no consent

Bote

The word also signifies reparation for any damage or injury done, as man-bote, which was a compensation or amends for a man slain, etc., 2 Bl. Com. 35; Jac. Law Dict. A compensation or profit; Black's Law

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

and marriages in England. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874 [37 & 38 (English) Vict. c. 88], amends the laws relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in England in important particulars, and consolidates the

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