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Incorporated Law Society

Incorporated Law Society, now termed the Law Society, was founded by Mr. Bryan Holme in 1825, and incorporated in 1831...

Prescription [fr. pr'scribo, Lat.], title produced and authorised by long usage. It is known in the Roman Law as usucapio....

Payment of Money into Court, i.e., the deposit of money with the official of or banker to the Court for...

Power, in respect of court the word 'power' means an authority expressly or impliedly conferred on the court by law...

Warranty, a guarantee or security; formerly a promise or covenant by deed by the bargainer, for himself and his heirs,...

Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns public good and the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise definition....

Railway. A road owned by a private person or public company on which carriages run over iron rails; if the...

Receiver of stolen property. Punishable under the (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 33. The offence consists in receiving any property...

Official duty, implies that the act or omission must have been done by the public servant in the course of...

Pardon, forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment. The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See...