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Home Dictionary Name: burtonBarton, Berton, or Burton
Barton, Berton, or Burton [fr. beretun, berteun, bere wic, A. S., a court-yard, corn farm; from bere, barley, and tun, inclosure, or wic, dwelling. A. S, Bosw.], demesne lands of a manor, a gret farm, a manor-house, out-houses fold-yards, a court-yard.In 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 82, barton lands and demesne lands are used as synonymous. Blount says it always signified a farm distinct from a mansion; and bertonarii were farmers or husbandmen, who held bartons at the will of the lord. In the west of England they call a great farm a barton, and a small farm a living, Encyc. Londin....
Stigma
Stigma, denotes loss of confidence by the employer amount to 'stigma', Kamal Kishore Lakshman v. Pan American World Airways, AIR 1987 SC 229: (1987) 1 SCC 146.Stigma, is something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person, a mark, sign etc., indicting that something is not considered normal or standard (Webster's New World Dictionary), Dipti Prakash Banerjee v. Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, (1999) 3 SCC 60.Stigma, is understood to be something that is detraction from the character or reputation of a person. It is blemish, imputation, mark or label indicating a deviation from a norm, mere description of background fact cannot be called as stigma. State of U.P. v. Ram Bachan Tripathi, AIR 2005 SC 3212.--in the absence of a statutory definition of the word 'stigma', its meaning as available in dictionaries. According to Webster's New World Dictionary it is something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person, a mark, sign, etc. in...
Burton
A peculiar tackle formed of two or more blocks or pulleys the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part...
Dog
Dog. Draught.--The (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911, s. 9, and the (English) Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, s. 8, prohibit, under a penalty, the use of any dog in England or Scotland for the purpose of draught.Licenses.--Dog licenses are regulated by the (English) Dog Licenses Act, 1867 (30 Vict. c. 5), as amended by 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14, s. 38, 41 Vict. C. 15, ss. 17-23, and 42 & 43 Vict. c. 21, s. 26. They commence on the day of grant, and terminate on the 31st of December following; but procuring a license on the day of a conviction will not avoid the penalty up to 5l. under s. 8 of the Act of 1867, Campbell v. Strangways, (1877) 3 CPD 105. The present duty is 7s. 6d., to which it was raised from 5s. by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 15), and this s. is amended by s. 5 of the (English) Dogs Act, 1906. See Johnson v. Wilson, (1909) 2 KB 497. No duty is payable for dogs under six months old (Act of 1867, s. 10), or hound whelp...
Extinguishment
Extinguishment, the annihilation of a collateral interest, or the supersedure of one interest by another and greater interest in that out of which it is derived. It is of various natures as applied to various rights.The cessation or cancellation of some right on interest, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 604.(1) Extinguishment of common. It he who is entitled to common appurtenant purchase any part of the land which is subject to his right of common, that right is extinguished for the whole; and so, if he release his right over any part of the land. But it has been justly doubted whether in any case, and especially if all persons who have common appurtenant in the same land concur in discharg-ing some part of it, this legal trap should be allowed to operate, Burton's Comp., 8th Edn. 352. If one of the tenants of a manor purchase any part of the land over which he has a right of common appendant, his right over the rest will continue. So, on the alienation of any part of land to whi...
Foreign Enlistment Act
Foreign Enlistment Act, 59 Geo. 3, c. 69 (as to which see Burton v. Pinkerton, (1867) LR 2 Ex 340), repealed and replaced by the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 90), passed to 'regulate the conduct of the Majesty's subjects during the existence of hostilities between foreign states with which her majesty is at peace.' by s. 4 of this Act, if any British subject accepts any engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any foreign state at peace with the Crown,he is punishable by fine and imprisonment or either; and by s. 11, if any person within theBritish Dominions 'prepares or fits out any naval or military expedition to proceed against the dominions of any friendly state,' such person and any persons employed in any capacity in any such expedition are similarly punishable. In Reg. v. Jameson, (1896) 2 QB 425, many persons were tried and convicted for an offence against s. 11 in making an armed incursion into the Transvaal in South Africa...
Half-notes
Half-notes. Sending the halves of bank notes is no payment, and the property in the meantime remains in the sender, Smith v. Mundy, (1860) 3 Ell & Ell 22. But see Redmayne v. Burton Lloyd & Co., (1860) 2 LT 324. (Issuing bankers bound to pay half-notes upon indemnity)...
Material
Material, little significance, equating it with anything other than de minimis; at another, Reg. v. Legal Aid Appeal Committee Exp. McCormick (Q.B.D.), (2000) 1 WLR 1804Material, means 'fundamental', vital, basic, cardinal, central, crucial, decisive, essential, pivotal, indispensable, elementary or primary, Burton's Legal Thesaurus (3rd Edn.), p. 349.Material, means 'legally significant' or relevant, Clen v. Korean Airline Co. Ltd. (QBD), (2004) LR 1386 (QB)...
Next without a context in a deed or other writing
Next without a context in a deed or other writing, means, next after its execution, if the execution be shown to be a day different from its apparent date, Browne v. Burton, 17 LJQB 49....
Real Estate
Real Estate. Before 1926, land (with all houses, etc., built thereon) including all estates and interests in lands which are held for life (not for years, however many) or for some greater estate, and whether such lands be of freehold or copyhold tenure. This is the usual meaning of real estate, but for the purposes of devolution upon deaths after 1925 the definition of real estate by s. 3 of the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, is 'real estate includes chattels real and land in possession, remainder or reversion and every interest in or over land to which the deceased was entitled at his death and (ii.) real estate held on trust (including settled land) or by way of mortgage or security, but not money to arise under a trust for sale of land nor money secured or charged on land'; Consult Carson's Real Property Statutes; Williams on Real Property; Burton's Compendium....
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