Skip to content

And 24 - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Appeal, Court of (U.K.)

Motor Co. Ltd., 1935 AC 346; and from non-jury cases, Powell v. Streatham Manor Nursing Home, 1935 AC 243. As to restrictions on appeals, see s. 31. By Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act, 1934 (24 & 25

Army (UK)

Wills Act, 1837, s. 11, and (English) Wills (Soldiers and Sailors) Act, 1918; Re Limond, (1915) 2 Ch 240; and Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865 and 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 38). See NUNCUPATIVE

Bankrupt

1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37), replacing the (English) Solicitors Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 24), refuse to issue certificates (without which a solicitor cannot practise) to bankrupt solicitors. Clergyman.--Where the bankrupt is a

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Bridge

Vale Railway, 1909 AC 253 and TRUNK ROADS. The (English) Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 53), s. 30, deals with power to prohibit or restrict the use of vehicles on

Capital offences

punishable with death are high treason; murder; destruction of H. M. Ships, arsenals, etc. (12 Geo. 3, c. 24); piracy when accompanied by attempted murder [(English) Piracy Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88)

Affirmation

take an oath. See (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 125), s. 20; 24 & 25 Vict. c. 66 (criminal proceedings); 30 & 31 Vict. c. 35, s. 8 (jurors); and particularly

Chastisement

by its parent, an apprentice or scholar by his master, or a criminal by an officer, see s. 24 of the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 41), replaced by

Distress

the premises, and does not leave thereon sufficient to meet the arrears, Tomlinson v. Consolidated Credit Corporation, (1889) 24 QBD 135, the landlord may within thirty days take and seize such goods wherever found (11 Geo. 2,

Fence

Fence, a hedge, ditch, or other inclosure of land for the better manurance and improvement of the same (Jac. Law Dict.) As to the larceny or malicious destruction of fences, see (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24...

Falsification

s. 183, extend-ing the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 24 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Conveyancing'), and the falsifier is also liable to an action for damages by the same

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial