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Actor
was called by the Romans petitor; in a public action (causa publica) he was called accusator. (Cic. Ad. Att. 1. 16.) The defendant was called reus, both in private and public causes; this term, however, according to
Borrowing powers
borrowing powers, but the terms of the Act conferring the power to borrow must be strictly pursued, see Att.-Gen. V. De Winton, (1906) 2 Ch 106; Rex v. Locke, (1910) 2 KB 201. A company under the
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Ferry
a grant from the Crown, prescription which presumes such a grant, or Act of Parliament; see Simpson v. Att.-Gen., 1904 AC 490. The owner if he lose his traffic by the competition of a railway bridge can
Summonitiones aut citationes null' liceant fieri intra palatium regis
intra palatium regis. 3 Inst. 141, (Let no summonses or citations be served within the king's palace). See Att.-Gen. v. Dakin, (1869-70) R 4 HL 338; Combe v. De la Bere, (1881-82) 22 Ch D 316.
Ultra vires
Memorandum of Association, neither binds the company nor can be made binding upon it by ratification. See also Att. Gen. v. Mersey Ry., 1907 AC 415; Baroness Wenlock v. River Dee Co., ubi supra; Sinclair v. Brougham,
Liberty
Liberty, a franchise, being a royal privilege or a branch there of, subsisting in the hands of a subject, as a liberty to hold pleas in a Court of one's own. The privileged districts, called liberties...
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