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Act
Act, Something done or performed especially voluntarily; a deed, Black's law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24. Is used with
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
the tenant cannot deprive himself by contract of the right to claim compensation which is conferred on him by the Act, although he may within limits substitute other benefits by agreement. The Act of 1923 (as amended by the
Act of God
law creates a duty and the party is disabled from performing it, without any default of his own, by the act of God or the King's enemies, the law will excuse him; but when a party by his own
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Building Acts (English)
Building Acts (English). The Acts commonly so called apply only to the metropolis, and have been called the Metropolitan Building
Judgments Extension Act, 1868
the reciprocal enforce-ment of judgments of superior courts between the United Kingdom and other parts of the Empire. The Act is limited to such parts of His Majesty's Dominions as have been included within its scope by Orders … the (English) Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 13), s. 7, Part II. of the Act of 1920 ceases to have effect except in relation to any Dominion to which the Act of 1920
Superannuation Acts, 1834-1935
Superannuation Acts, 1834-1935, (English) for pen-sioning the civil servants of the Crown or public authorities. The (English) principal Act is
Conveyancing Acts (English)
were very lengthy, and required to be inserted with or without modification in every important conveyance of land. The Act of 1881 related inter alia to contracts, conveyances, mortgages, leases, dispositions by married women, or on behalf of
Provincial Act
Provincial Act, shall mean an Act made by the Governor-in-Council, Lieutenant Governor-in-Council or Chief Commissioner in Council of a Province
Locke's Act
Locke's Act (English), (23 & 24 Vict. c. 127), the Solicitors Act, 1860, amending the law as to the admission
Reform Acts
applied to England and Wales only, there being separate Acts for Scotland and Ireland at the same period; the Act of 1884 applied to Scotland and Ireland as well. See now Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7
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