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Person of unsound mind

under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1927 (17 & 18Geo. 5, c. 33) (see those titles, and LUNATICS). The statute law affecting … mental illness affecting their reason are to be known, as distinguished from Idiots, Imbeciles, Feeble-minded Persons and Moral Defectives under the

Common employment

Common employment. The general rule that a master is liable for … employment. The general rule that a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant has the exception

Lien

Lien [answering to the tacita hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which … vest it; for nemo plus juris ad alium transferre potest, quam ipse habet. There must also be an actual or constructive … possession belonging to another, until certain demands of the person in possession are

Public prosecutor

person acting under the directions of a Public Prosecutor. [ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)] … assistants, and such an officer (the late J.B. Maule, Esq., Q.C.), with one assistant, was appointed shortly after the commencement of … includes any person acting under the directions of the Public Prosecutor. [Prevention of

Young person

Young person. In the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 12),

Conversion, equitable

Conversion, equitable. It is an established principle that money directed to … property thus equitably transmuted by anticipation will possess all the qualities, incidents, and peculiarities of that kind of property into which … is an established principle that money directed to be employed in the purchase

Easement

easement is a right which the owner or occupier of certain land possesses, a such, for the beneficial enjoyment of that … a such, for the beneficial enjoyment of that land, to do and continue to do something, or to prevent and continue

Restrictive Covenant

Restrictive Covenant, defined by the Land Charges Act 1925, s. 10, Class … Restrictive Covenant, defined by the Land Charges Act 1925, s. 10, Class D

subscribe

(as a document) with one's own hand in token of consent, obligation, or attestation [such witnesses shall the will in the … offering [a right to to a share of stock "D. Q. Posin"] sub·scrib·er n

Circuits

Circuits (seven eight formerly), certain divisions of England and Wales, appointed … Circuits (seven eight formerly), certain divisions of England and Wales, appointed for the judges to go

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