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Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, originally two persons having held high judicial office, or practised at the bar for not less than fifteen years, appointed, with a salary of 6,000l. a year, to aid the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the hearing of appeals (App. Jur. Act, 1876, s. 6). On the death or resignation of any two members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council the Crown was empowered to appoint a third and fourth Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (ibid., s. 14), and may now appoint two more in addition to the four (App. Jur. Act, 1913, s. 1), and a further one in addition to the six (App. Jur. Act, 1929, s. 2). Any Lord of Appeal in Ordinary who at the date of his appointment would have been qualified to the appointed an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal, or at that date was a judge of that Court, is an ex-officio judge of the Court of Appeal (Jud. Act, 1925, s. 6 (2)). Lords of Appeal in Ordinary rank as barons for life and sit and vote in t...
Scotland and Ireland
Scotland and Ireland. As to service of writ, by leave of judge, upon a defendant resident in Scotland or Ireland, see (English) R.S.C. Ord. XI., rr. 1 (e), 2 and 2A; Williams v. Cartwright, (1895) 1 QB 142. Process for compelling the attendance of witnesses from Scotland or Ireland before English Courts and vice versa may be issued under 17 & 18 Vict. c. 34. Appeals from courts in Scotland and Northern Ireland are heard by the House of Lords under s. 3 of the App. Jur. Act, 1876: see also Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1922 (Session 2), Sch. I., 6 (3); but appeals from the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State are to the Privy Council. [see Irish Free State Constitution Act, 1922 (Session 2), Sch. I., Art. 66]The removal of Scottish and Irish poor from England to Scotland or Ireland is regulated by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 117, 10 & 11 Vict. c. 33 (Scotland); 24 & 25 Vict. c. 76 (Ireland); 25 & 26 Vict. c. 113, and 26 & 27 Vict. c. 89 (Ireland); but irremovability to Ireland is...
foreseeability
foreseeability 1 : the quality or state of being foreseeable [reasonable of probable consequences "Gerwin v. Southeastern Cal. Ass'n of Seventh Day Adventists, 14 Cal. App. 3d 209 (1971)"] 2 : the doctrine esp. of tort and contract law that liability is limited to losses that are foreseeable see also Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. in the Important Cases section ...
patrimony
patrimony pl: -nies [Middle French patrimonie, from Latin patrimonium, from patr- pater father] 1 : an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor [to deprive her and her coheirs of their "Wells Fargo Bank v. Kincaid, 260 Cal. App. 2d 120 (1968)"] 2 : an estate or endowment belonging to a church [the property of a dissolved parish shall pass to the of the diocese] 3 in the civil law of Louisiana : the net assets of a person : the sum of a person's assets and liabilities [reimbursement shall be made from the of the spouse who owes reimbursement "Louisiana Civil Code"] ...
remote
remote re·mot·er -est 1 a : far removed in space, time, or relation [ancestors of a more degree] b : exceeding the time allowed under the rule against perpetuities for the vesting of interests [the residuary clause…violates the rule against vesting "Estate of Grove, 70 Cal. App. 3d 355 (1977)"] ;also : being in violation of the rule against perpetuities [a contingent estate] 2 : acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance 3 a : not proximate or acting directly b : not arising from the effect of that which is proximate 4 : small in degree [a possibility of paternity] re·mote·ly adv re·mote·ness n ...
Highbinder
A ruffian one who hounds or spies upon another app esp to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese...
Abusing children
Abusing children, having carnal intercourse with young girls. If the girl be under the age of 13 (formerly 10 and afterwards 12) years, the offences is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life; if the girl be above the age of 13 (formerly 10 and afterwards 12) and under 16 (formerly 12 and afterwards 13), the offence is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, to the extent of two years, (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. C. 69), repealing the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1875, repealing 24 & 25 Vict. C. 100, ss. 50, 51, which fixed lesser ages as above. The (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 56), amends the Act of 1885, so that in the case of the second of the above-mentioned offences, it shall be a sufficient defence if it shall be made to appear to the Court or jury that the person charged had reasonable cause to believe that the girl was of, or above the age of 16, but only if h...
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