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Yacht
1894, includes pleasure yachts in Part II. of the act, except certain provisions set out in s. 262. British yachts must be registered under the Act (see BRITISH SHIP), unless they do not exceed 15 tons net
Wireless telegraphy
station, or the establishment or working of any apparatus for wireless telegraphy, in any place or onboard any British ship, except under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Postmaster-General. Search-warrants may
Vancouver's Island
21 & 22 Vict. c. 99, s. 6; 29 & 30 Vict. c. 67 (providing for union with British Columbia); 33 & 34 Vict. c. 66, and British North America Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5,
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Pension
to the date of the receipt of any sum on account of a pension he has been a British subject, and that he has been resident in the United Kingdom, if he is natural-born British subject, for
Sea
try for manslaughter the foreign captain of a foreign ship--the Franconia--which, in passing within three miles of the British shore, ran into a British ship and sank her; but this state of the law was soon afterwards
Publisher of libellous matter
the duty of publishers to send a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom to the British Museum and other libraries, see Copyright Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo.5, c. 46), s. 15, and the
Federal Government
Act (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12) (see AUSTRALIA), which has repealed it. An effective federation of the British North American Colonies was provided in 1867 by (English) the British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31
Passport
one place to another, or from one country to another. Passports are issued by the Foreign Office to British-born subjects or to those naturalised in the United Kingdom, British Dominions, Colonies or India, subject to the recommendation
Gas
(10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 28). The heat unit of charge is the therm, which is 100,000 British thermal units; a British thermal unit represents the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1
Domicile
deceased was domiciled at the time of his death. The application of this rule to the case of British subjects dying abroad, and of foreigners dying in this country, gave rise to great inconvenience, to remove which
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