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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
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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
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