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Public interest

by a larger number of motor vehicles operating in any route or area, the condition of roads and bridges on the routes, uneconomic running of stage carriage services leading to elimination of small operators and employment of

Road

secure place for the anchoring of vessels. Road, includes-- (i) all lands appurtenant thereto, (ii) all approach roads, bridges, flyovers, culverts, tunnels, causeways, carriageways and other structures or, over, along or across such roads, and (iii) all

Ship

jurisdiction of British courts extends to British ships on the high seas, and in foreign rivers below the bridges where the tide ebbs and flows, R. v. Anderson, LR 1 CCR 161. The liability of shipowners (who

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Tolls

the word tolls means a levy for the purpose of providing funds for the maintenance of roads and bridges and repayment of the loan for their construction, AIR 1961 Pat 462 (463) (Tolls Act, 1851, s. 2).

Trinoda necessitas

to which all landed possessions, not excepting those of the church, were subject, viz.:-(1) Bryge-bot, for keeping the bridges and high roads in repair.-(Pontis constructio.) (2) Burg-bot, for keeping the burgs or fortresses in an efficient state

Finder of goods

the finder to the shopkeeper to advertise them, may be recovered from the shopkeeper by the finder, see Bridges v. Hawkesworth, (1851) 21 LJ QB 75, where a bundle of bank notes so found was recovered. The

Highway

of the Highway or transferred for such purpose by the State Government to the Central Government; (ii) all bridges, culverts, tunnels, causeways, carriageways and other structures constructed on or across such Highway; and (iii) all trees, railings,

Pioneer

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads dig trenches and make bridges as an army advances

De bene esse

in any cause or matter where it shall appear necessary for the purposes of justice [see Bidder v. Bridges, (1884) 26 Ch D 1], make any order for the examination upon oath before the Court or any

Damage, Malicious

(Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law'), arson, and injuries to mines, cattle, works of art, ponds, railway carriages, and bridges being punishable specially. As to injuries to real or personal property not specially provided for, see s. 51

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