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Obsolete
Christmas in their masters' houses and in their masters' presence; and that of 1285 in the Stat. Westm. Sec., 13 Edw. 1, c. 34, by which elopement with a nun from her convent, although the nun consent, … Obsolete, invalid by virtue of discontinuance, said of a law or practice which has ceased to be enforced or be in use by reason of change of manners and circumstances, as 'wager or
Infant
& 56 Vict. c. 4), follows the Act of 1874 as respects loans, while the 1st and 2nd sections of the same Act make it a misdemeanor to invite by circular, etc., an infant to bet or … Infant [fr. infans, Lat., one who cannot speak], a person under twenty-one years of age, whose acts are in many cases either void or voidable.
Fire
person in whose house, etc., a fire shall accidentally begin: Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), s. 86, which s. and s. 83 are the only unrepealed sections of the Act. To discharge … Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), s. 86, which s. and s. 83 are the only unrepealed sections of the Act. To discharge or dismiss a person from employment; to terminate as employee. Black's Law Dictionary,
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Legal practitioner
s. 2 (c)] It shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Advocates Act, 1961. [Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), s. 2 (r)] … Legal practitioner, means an advocate [or vakil] or any High Court, a pleader, mukhtar or revenue agent. [Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961), s. 2 (i)] It means an
Diss
of a dead body. It is regulated by the (English) Anatomy Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 75), 'An Act for regulating Schools of Anatomy,' as slightly amended by 34 & 35 Vict. c. 16. … Act for regulating Schools of Anatomy,' as slightly amended by 34 & 35 Vict. c. 16. The seventh section of the first-mentioned Act allows an executor to permit diss. Unless the deceased shall have expressed a desire
Proxy
voting by proxy under the (English) Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), see sections 76, 77 of that Act; amended in the case of a company being shareholder, by the Companies Clauses … entitled to vote personally, to vote at the discretion of the proxy. See Harben v. Phillips, (1883) 23 Ch D p. 35. As to voting by proxy under the (English) Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 &
Ranges Act, 1891
Ranges Act, 1891 (English) (54 & 55 Vict. c. 54), facilitated the acquisition of ranges by or for volunteer corps; the Military Lands Act, 1892 (55 & … 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 43), has repealed and superseded it with the exception of its 11th section, so far as it relates to acquisition of land under the Defence Acts. As to the right of
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 … 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
Load-line
water will rise when the ship is loaded. The (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 9), substituted a 'maximum load-line in salt water, to which it should be lawful to load a ship,' … (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and see also s. 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. Both these sections have now been repealed by the (English) Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (22 Geo.
Larceny
1916, ss. 17-19. The (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), together with those sections of the (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), which this Act left unrepealed, constitute … Larceny [fr. larcin, Fr.; latrocinium, Lat.], contracted from latrociny, the unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal, with intent to deprive the rightful owner
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