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Borrowing statute

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Capita, Per

Capita, Per (by heads). Distribution of personalty per capita (professedly borrowed from the civilians, and enacted in the Statute of Distribution) happens when all the claimants claim in their

Municipal corporation

authorities an discreations, and by virtue of the charter (if any) of its constitution, including powers for raising, borrowing or advancing money as provided by statute for any of these purposes. In most of the larger boroughs

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Obscene

here and now, United States v. Kennerley, 209 F 119 (121) (S.D.N.Y. 1913). Obscene, the Indian Penal Code borrowed the word from the English Statute. The Common law offence of obscenity was established in England three hundred

Common Law

by the Court of Chancery at Lincoln's Inn. At other times it is used in contradistinction to the statute law, and then denotes the unwritten law, whether legal or equitable in its origin, which does not derive … the Common Law, p. 59. The distinction between written and unwritten law is adopted from the Romans, who borrowed it from the Greeks (Inst. 1. 1, t. 2, ss. 3, 9, 10). In this distinguishing our own

Usury

of money) lent; but, secondly, to hope for a certain return at the option of the party who borrowed, this is not vicious.) The term is usually applied to the taking of exorbitant interest, or of interest … the taking of exorbitant interest, or of interest of a greater amount than is allowed by law. Eleven statutes, from 37 Hen. 8, c. 9, to 13 & 14 Vict. c. 56, fixing the legal rates of

Annuity

59; In re Trenchard, 1905 (1) Ch 82. An annuity is frequently resorted to as a means of borrowing money, where the borrower has not any available security, the borrower undertaking to pay an annuity during his … life. See (English) Government Annuities Act of 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 29), and, see other statutes under title 'Saving-Banks' in Chitty's Statutes as to the purchase of annuities through savings banks. Before 1926 an

Parsonage

Parsonage. 1. The benefice of a parish. 2. The parson's house. As to borrowing money for building, rebuilding, or repairing a parsonage, see 'Gilbert Act' (16 Geo. 3, c. 53), the Clergy … as to dilapidations, see the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Acts, 1871 and 1872, and the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923-1929. Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.'

Public Works Loans Act, 1875 (English)

in Scotland; prisons, public libraries and museums; any school-house or work for which a school-board is authorized to borrow under the Education Acts, or under the Education (Scotland) Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 62); water … Public Works Loans Act, 1875 (English), which repeals twenty-seven previous statutes on the same subject, makes provision for the constitution of a body to be called 'The Public Works

loan

loan 1 a : money lent at interest b : something lent usually for the borrower's temporary use 2 : a transfer or delivery of money from one party to another with the express … it or its equivalent will be returned [the leasing of the vehicle was termed a subject to usury statutes] bridge loan : a short-term loan used as a means of financing a purchase or enterprise prior to

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