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Westminster, Statute of, 1931
to shipping. S. 6. Powers of Dominion Parliaments in relation to Courts of Admiralty. S. 7. Saving for British North America Acts and application of Act to Canada. S. 8. Saving for Constitution Acts of Australia and
Royal Title
by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of all the British dominions beyond the seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.' The words 'British dominions beyond the
Therm
Therm, a hundred thousand British thermal units. A British thermal unit is the amount of heat required to raise 1 lb. of water
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Warehouse
speaking a building used for the purpose of storing goods imported at a reasonable rent, Law Lexicon of British India, 1940 Edn. See also Goa Urban Co-op. Bank Ltd. v. Noor Mohd. Sheikh Mussa, (2004) 6 SCC
Woman
being elected to or sitting or voting as a member of the Commons House of Parliament. Under the British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3), s. 24, 'persons' includes women, Edwards v. A.G.
Imperial preference
Imperial preference. Preferential customs, rates and other trade advantages agreed to be conceded by the British Government of the United Kingdom on goods consigned from and grown, produced or manufactured in the British Empire,
Inland Bill of Exchange
'a bill which on the face of it purports to be (a) both drawn and payable within the British Islands; or (b) drawn within the British Islands upon some person resident therein.'-Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45
Act of Parliament
are incorporated in private Acts by reference, e.g., Railways Clauses Act, 1863. Is a law made by the British sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons; a British Statute, Black Law Dictionary, 7th
House of Lords
Lords, a constituent part of Parliament, being composed of the lords spiritual and temporal. The upper chambers of British parliament, of which the 11 member judicial committee provides judge who serve as the final court of appeal
Barrister
England, Vol. 3(1), 4th Edn., Para 351, p. 271. Barrister, is a lawyer who argues cases before a British Court; especially one who is allowed to argue before a British High Court, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian
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