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Birmingham

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Circuits

the counties of the cityof Lincoln and town of Nottingham; the borough of Leicester; and the city of Birmingham. (4) South-Eastern Circuit: Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Hertford, Essex, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex; and county of

House of Commons

of the right of returning members, thirty boroughs were cut down from double to single representation, and Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, and eighteen other boroughs first obtained representa-tion--having two members each given them, the rights of voting

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Audit

no express provision was made for it, but such an annual audit was by implication required, Newton v. Birmingham Small Arms Co., (1906) 2 Ch 378. By s. 34 of the (English) Companies Act,1929, auditors must make

Ballot

Sarsons, (1875) LR 10 CP 733, in which, on a case stated by Lush, J., after hearing the Birmingham Municipal Election Petition, the mode of marking various disputed ballot papers was reviewed by the Court. The Act

Bankruptcy debt

his discharge from bankruptcy) by reason of any obligation incurred before commencement of the bankruptcy, R (Steele) v. Birmingham City Council, (2006) 1 WLR 2380 (CA). Bankruptcy debt, in relation to a bankrupt, means (1) any debt

Bishopric

and Wells, Chichester, Execter, Ely, Hereford, Lincoln, Lichfield, Rochester, Salisbury, Gloucester, St. Albans, Bristol, Peterborough, Oxford, Norwich, Truro, Birmingham, Southwark, Southwell, Chelmsford, Coventry, St. Edmondsbury and Ipswich, Worcester, Derby, Guildford, Leicester, Portsmouth, York, Chester, Carlisle, Durham, Sodor

Contempt of court

the defendant was fined 100l. and 25l. costs for contempt in very insultingly and intemperately criticizing in the Birmingham Daily Argus a warning of Mr. Justice Darling at the Stafford Assizes to the Press not to publish

Contract

consideration, the contract is entire. 'If a man engages to carry a box of cigars from London to Birmingham, it is an entire contract, and he cannot throw the cigars out of the carriage half-way there, and

Marriage

this is false, and one or both parties are minors, the marriage will still be good, R. v. Birmingham, (1828) 8 B&C 29, though the guilty party may be punished by being deprived of all property accruing

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