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Copyright
of foreign authors (s. 23), and existing works (s. 24). As to the application of the Act to British Possessions, see ss. 25-28; and as to the position with respect to copyright of a trustee in bankruptcy, … other non-dramatic work, or of an artistic work, to convert it into a dramatic work, by way of performance in public or otherwise; '(d) in the case of a literary, dramatic, or musical work, to make any
National insurance
for the performance of such labour for the purposes of any trade or business. (g) Employment on a British owned or registered ship when the person employed is remunerated by a share in the profits or gross
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Marriage
attempts to follow the example of every state in Europe, the U.S.A., and most, if not all, the British colonies, in abolishing the prohibition. In 1907 the (English) Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act (7 Edw. 7, c. … Table of Statutes; (English) also the Marriages Legalization Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 23), legalizing marriages theretofore performed in sixteen churches or places, one being 'the Parish Room of Cadney, in the parish of Cadney-cum-Howsham,' between
Frauds, Statute of
Scotland, was practically copied by the Irish Parliament in 7 Wm. 3, c. 12, applies generally to the British colonies, and, remarks Mr. Chancellor Kent (2 Com. 494, n. (d), 'carries its influence through the whole body … greatest practical importance, and have been the subject of very numerous legal decisions. The equitable doctrine of part performance which enables proof of a contract to be given notwith-standing the Statute of Frauds has been saved by
Magna Carta
were made, for the purpose of depositing one in every diocese. Two of these are extant in the British Museum, and it is said there are two others in existence, one in the cathedral at Salisbury, and … away, until we be clearly paid off the debt, and the residue shall remain to the executor to perform the testament of the dead, and if nothing be owing unto us, all the chattels shall go to
Accord
by a stranger; Allen v. Royal Bank of Canada, 95 LJ PC 17. And see CONSIDERATION. * See British Russian Gazette Ltd. v. Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1933 (2) KB 616. … Flockton, (1849) 14 QB 380; Ib., 16 QB 1039; but whether the new agreement in itself or the performance of it constitutes the accord and satisfaction depends on its construction, Elton Cop Dyeing Co. v. Broadbent, (1920)
writ
one used to enforce an order for the possession of lands 2 : a writ provided for under British rule in colonial America that authorized customs officers to search unspecified places for any smuggled goods NOTE: Many … the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old
Negligence
apply as well for the benefit of the representatives of a deceased foreigner as for those of a British subject, at all events if the wrong-doer is not a foreigner, Davidson v. Hill, (1901) 2 KB 606. … upon the nature of a duty, which the person charged with negligence has failed to comply with or perform in the particular circumstance of each case. A very convenient classification has been formulated corresponding to the degree
Consideration
of a customer even though that customer offered so indemnify the bank for costs, Western Digital Corpn. v. British Airways Plc (CA), (2001) QB LR 733. Consideration, has been difined as some right, interest, profit, or benefit … the one side, or mental incompetency on the other, and, inequity, inadequacy maybe a reason for refusing specific performance, Pegler v. White, 33 Beav 403. (b) Forbearance for a time to institute a suit upon a well-founded
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