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building code based on agreed upon safety standards within a specific area, a building code is a regulation that determines the design, construction, and materials used in building. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Energy conservation building codes
Energy conservation building codes, means the norms and standards of energy consumption expressed in terms of per square metre of the area wherein energy is used and includes the location of the building. [Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001), s. 2(j)]...
Building
Building, defined by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v. Gregory, (1833) 5 B. & Ad. At p. 561, not to include a wall; but the definition depends on circumstances, and may include a reservoir, Moran v. Marsland, (1909) 1 KB 744. The London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), has no definition. The term 'new building' was defined in s. 23 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act,1907 (c. 53) (now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building' if the interior arrangements are altered, Hanrahan v. Leigh Urban Council, (1909) 2 KB 257. An advertisement hoarding is a building within a restrictive covenant, Nussey v. Provincial Bill Posting Co., (1909) 1 Ch 734; Stevens v. Willing & Co. Ltd., 1929 WN 53. See also Paddington Corporation v...
code
code [Old French, from Medieval Latin codex, from Latin caudex codex tree trunk, set of wood writing tablets, book] 1 : a systematic compilation or revision of law or legal principles that is arranged esp. by subject: as a : one that contains the law of a specific jurisdiction or topic promulgated by legislative authority [U.S. Code] [Code of Massachusetts Regulations] [building ] see also Important Laws in the back matter compare case law, digest, statute b : one that serves as a model for legislation but is not itself a law [Model Penal Code] 2 : a set of rules or regulations that is promulgated by a body (as a professional organization) and that regulates its industrial or professional practices [ABA Code of Professional Responsibility] ...
certificate of occupancy
certificate of occupancy :a certificate issued by a local authority indicating that a building meets building-code requirements ...
Advance Payment Code
Advance Payment Code, has effects for securing payment of the expenses of the execution of street work in private streets adjacent to new building. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 749, p. 548....
Code
Code, a collection or system of laws. The collection of laws and constitutions made by order of the Emperor Justinian is distinguished by the appellation of 'The Code' by way of eminence. See CIVIL LAW.The Code Napoleon, or Civil Code of France, pro-ceeding from the French Revolution, and the administration of Napoleon while First Consul, effected great changes in the laws of that country. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800, this Code, after having passed both the tribunate and the legislative body, was promulgated in 1804 as the 'Code Civil des Francais.' When Napoleon became emperor, the name was changed to that of Code Napoleon, by which it is still often designated, though it is now styled by its original name of Code Civil. A Code de Procedure Civile, a Code de Commerce, Code d'Instruction Criminelle, and Code Penal were afterwards compiled and promulgated under Bonaparte's administration. To these was sub-sequently added a Code Forestier, or...
New building
New building. Under the (English) Road Improvement Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 68), s. 11, new building 'includes any addition to an existing building.'The question whether any building is a 'new building' is in general one of fact, see Ballard v. Horton's Estate Ltd., (1926) 24 LGR 449. So also in the case of temporary buildings (q.v.), Rodwell v. Wade, (1924) 23 LGR 174; and Keeling v. Wirral Rural District Council, (1925) 23 LGR 201.S. 23 of the (English) Public Health Act (Amendment) Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 53), contained elaborate definitions of a 'new building,' but this section has been repealed as from the 1st October, 1937, by the Public Health Act, 1936, and of which the provisions relating to building and building bye-laws will be found in Part II. of the Act. 'New building' is not defined, but s. 62 provides for the application of bye-laws for the construction, materials, space for, lighting, ventilation, and dimensions of rooms for human habitation, also height of existi...
London Building Act, 1930
London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.[, a local and personal Act, consolidates the enactments relating to streets and buildings in London, of which the London Building Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. ccxiii.), was the most important. The Act has seventeen Parts.I. Introductory.II. Formation and Widening of Streets.III. Lines of Building Frontage.IV. Naming and Numbering of Streets.V. Open Spaces about Buildings and Height of Buildings.VI. Construction of Buildings.VII. Special and Temporary Buildings and Wooden Structures.VIII. Means of Escape in Case of Fire.IX. Rights of Building and Adjoining Owners.X. Dangerous and Neglected Structures.XI. Dangerous and Noxious Businesses.XII. Dwelling-houses on Low-lying Land.XIII. Sky Signs.XIV. Superintending Architects and District Surveyors.XV. Bye-laws.XVI. Legal Proceedings.XVII. Miscellaneous....
Building Acts (English)
Building Acts (English). The Acts commonly so called apply only to the metropolis, and have been called the Metropolitan Building Acts. The Metropolitan Building Acts, 1855 and 1862 (which were public general Acts), and their amending enactments wee repealed and re-enacted with many amendments by the local and personal London Building Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. ccxiii.), and its amending Acts of 1898 and 1905. These in their turn are repealed by the London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.). see LONDON BUILDING ACT.The old Building Act, par excellence, the (English) Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), although otherwise partial and repealed, has two ss., 83 and 86, which are still in force and (it is submitted) of universal application. See as to s. 86, Ex parte Goreley, (1864) 4 De G. J. & S. 477, but compare Westminster Fire Office v. Glasgow Provident Society, (1888) 13 App Cas 167, per Lord Watson. s. 33 provides for the application of insuranc...
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