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British settlement

Matched in: Term British settlement

Empire Settlement Act, 1922 (English) (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 13)

Matched in: Term Empire Settlement Act, 1922 (English) (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 13)

Falkland Islands

7 Vict. c. 13, amended by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 121; both Acts were repealed by the British Settlements Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 54) (q.v.). … Vict. c. 13, amended by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 121; both Acts were repealed by the British Settlements Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 54) (q.v.).

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King

VI., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act … beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), by which the Crown 'of England, France and Ireland'

Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca

Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca. Administered together as a British Colony. See Straits Settlements Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 115). … Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca. Administered together as a British Colony. See Straits Settlements Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 115).

Curtesy of England

All persons capable of taking freehold estates maybe tenants by the curtesy; but aliens cannot, except under the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, nor felons (Co. Litt. 30 b, n. 7), except under the … An estate by the curtesy, in respect of the estate tail,or of any prior estate created by the settlement as well as a resulting use or trust to or for the settlor, is to be deemed a

Maintenance

not be guilty of maintenance in indemnifying his customers from actions brought against them by a trade rival, British Cash, etc., Conveyors v. Lamson Store Service Co., (1908) 1 KB 1006. An action for maintenance does not … they attain a vested interest if they are entitled to the intermediate income or otherwise as provided under settlements created after 1925, see Trustee Act, 1925, s. 31, reproducing and extending the Conveyancing Act, 1881, s. 43,

Preamble

Preamble, in the British Parliament, a Preamble is not often incorporated now in a public Bill, however, it appears in a Bill … which in early (English) Acts (see, e.g., 4 & 5 W. & M. c. 18, the Act of Settlement, and the Irish Act, 1 Car. 1, c. 1), and even in comparatively modern Acts (see, e.g., 3

Colony

means by s. 18(3), of the Interpretation Act, 1889, 'any part of her Majesty's dominions, exclusive of the British Islands and of British India, and where parts of such dominions are under both a central and a … Colony [fr. colo, Lat., to cultivate], a settlement in a foreign country possessed and cultivated, either wholly or partially, by immigrants and their descendants, who have

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. … 9 App Cas 605. So also if a smaller sum is sent by a third party 'in full settlement' and retained; Punamchand v. Temple, 1911 (2) KB 330; 80 LJ KB 1155. A substituted agreement may be

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