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British America. See Fur Trade Act, (1 & 2 Geo. 4, c. 66), North-Western Territories Act (22 & 23 Vict. c. 26), and the British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3), by which the Dominion of Canada was formed by the union of the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Manitoba joined the Union in 1870, British Columbia in 1871, and Prince Edward Island in 1873. Outlaying British possessions were added by Order in Council in 1880, and Newfoundland alone remains independent. The Act of 1867 was amended by the British North America and other Acts, all referred to collectively as the British North America Acts, 1867 to 1930. See STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER....
British citizen
British citizen, does not require leave to enter. However, a British citizen must prove that he has the right of abode by producing either a United Kingdom passport describing him as a British citizen or as a citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies having the right of the abode in the United Kingdom, or a certificate of entitlement duly issued by or on behalf of the Government certifying that he has such a right of abode. A commonwealth citizen who is not a British citizen but has the right of abode, does not require leave to enter, although he must prove such a right by means of a certificate of entitlement duly issued by or on behalf of the Government. Any person other than a British Citizen or a commonwealth citizen having the right of abode requires leave to enter, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(2), 4th Edn., Para 74....
British ship
British ship, As to the qualification for owning and the obligation to register British ships, see Merchant Shipping Act,1894, ss. 1-3. The owner must be a British subject, natural born or naturalized, or a denizen q.v., or a body corporate established and subject to the laws of some part of His Majesty's dominions and having their principal place of business in those dominions but not a natural born British subject who has taken the oath of allegiance to a foreign sovereign or State or become a citizen or subject of a foreign State or been naturalized or made a denizen, unless while he is owning a British ship he has taken the oath of allegiance to the King after his disqualification and is, during his ownership, either resident in the said dominions or is partner of a firm carrying on business there....
British museum
British museum, founded in 1752, under the will of Sir Hans Sloane and 25 Geo. 2, c. 22. The museum is governed by a body of trustees' of whom three, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons, are ex-officio trustees. The museum is entitled to a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom by s. 15 of the Copyright Act, 1911, but certain classes of publications, e.g., trade advertisements, registers of voters, specifications of Patents, time tables, calendars, etc., may be excepted; see British Museum Act, 1932. The trustees are authorized to store newspapers at 'the Hendon building' by the British Museum Act, 1902, and to lend objects for public exhibition by 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 23. In Martin v. British Museum Trustees, (1894) 10 TLR 338, the plaintiff failed to recover for a libel in a pamphlet bought by the defendants and placed in the library for public use....
British possession
British possession, shall mean any part of Her Majesty's dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom, and where parts of those dominions are under both a Central and a Local Legislature, all part under the Central Legislature shall for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one British possession. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (6)]Means the contrary intention appears, any part of Her Majesty's dominions except the United Kingdom, where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, all parts under the Central legislature are to be deemed to be one British possession, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 804, p. 351.British possession does not include any place within the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, but includes all other places being parts of Her Majesty's dominions, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 1005, p. 490....
British settlement
British settlement, denotes a British possession, not acquired by conquest or cession, which is not for the time being within the jurisdiction of the legislature of any British possession other than a legislature constituted in accordance with the British Settlement Act, 1887 and 1945, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 807, p. 355....
British India
British India, 'British India' shall mean, as respects the period before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, all territories and places within His Majesty's dominions which were for the time being governed by His Majesty through the Governor General of India or through any Governor or Officer subordinate to the Governor General of India, and as respects any period after that date and before the date of the establishment of the Dominion of India means all territories for the time being comprised within the Governors' Provinces and the Chief Commissioners' Provinces, except that a reference to British India in an Indian law passed or made before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, shall not include a reference to Berar. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (5)]...
British Protected person
British Protected person, is a member of any class of person declared to be a British Protected person by Order in Council under the British Nationality Act, 1981 or by virtue of the Solomon Islands Act, 1978, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(2), 4th Edn., Para 556, p. 390....
British Columbia
British Columbia, the territory on the north-west coast of North America, once known by the designation of New Caledonia. See BRITISH AMERICA....
British Islands
British Islands. In (English) Acts of Parliament the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, see (English) Interpretation Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 68)British islands, are the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 805, p. 253....
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