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Jesuits, members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola and confirmed by a Bull of Paul III. in 1540, … 1902, for judgment of Mr. Kennedy at the Marlborough Street Police Court on refusing a summons, and R. v. Kennedy, (1902) 86 LT 753, in which the High Court held that they had to jurisdiction to compel

Presentation

to the ordinary of a person to be instituted to the benefice. It must be in writing (29 Car. 2, c. 3), and is in the nature of letters-missive to the ordinary. The sovereign, as protector ecclesi', … does not confer, before institution, any interest whatever. The right of a Roman Catholic to present devolves upon the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge: see … a person to the patron. These two rights may co-exist in different persons; thus where an advowson is vested in trustees or mortgagees they have the right of presentation, while the right of nomination is in the

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Auction

Livy, xxiii. 37; Smith's Dict. of Antiq. The Sale of Land by Auction Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 48), by s. 5 enacts that the particulars of sale of land by auction 'shall state whether … Auction, signifies generally an increasing, an enhancement, and hence is applied to a public sale of property usually conducted by biddings, which augment the price. A spear used to be raised by the Romans, at the sign … which augment the price. A spear used to be raised by the Romans, at the sign of a public auction, Livy, xxiii. 37; Smith's Dict.

Bill of Rights

a declaration. This form of declaration, being extremely obnoxious to his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, has been done away with by the (English) Accession Declaration … Bill of Rights, a declaration delivered by the Lords and Commons to the Prince and Princess of Orange, and afterwards enacted in Parliament, when they became King and Queen, … petitioned the King, and discouraging petitions; by raising and keeping a standing army in time of peace; by violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing partial and

Act of Parliament

if the Act be a local or personal one, being printed in Roman figures, e.g., 20 & 21 Vict. C. xciv. In 1845 'short tiles' … the House of Commons that it is a money bill. As to the statutory effect given to resolutions varying or renewing taxation, see (English) Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 3), and (English) … Act of Parliament, a law made by the sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons, in Parliament assembled (1 Bl. Com. 85); but, in

Pawn or Pledge

pledge shall be retained therefor (this is called a novation in the Roman Law); (4) By extinguishing the debt, which also extinguishes the right to … Pawn or Pledge [fr. pignus, Lat.], a bailment of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till the debt is discharged. A mortgage of goods is in the Common Law distinguishable … These are, ordinarily, goods and chattels; but money, debts, negotiable instruments, choses in action, and indeed any other valuable things of a personal nature, such as patent-rights and manuscripts, may by the Common Law be delivered in

Marriage

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, … of the Church of England, or by a dissenting minister, or a Roman Catholic priest, in a building registered for marriages, and in the presence … Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others,

Age

is presumed impotent as well as doli incapax, and since the presumption of impotence cannot be rebutted, R. v. Phillips, 8 C& P 736, he cannot be convicted of an offence involving carnal knowledge, except as a … Ch D 388 (woman 54' years but married three years previously). The Roman Civil law divides age thus:-- I. Infantia, from birth to 7 years. … Age, the criminal responsibility of males and females, and their power to do certain acts, depends upon their age. A child

Judge

a judge act without jurisdiction he may be made to answer for the consequences of his acts, Anderson v. Gorrie, (1895) 1 QB 671; Scott v. Stansfield, (1868) LR 3 Ex 220. In the latter case the … a guilty person escapes punish-ment.) This is taken from Publish Syrus, a Roman poet of the first century, and is the motto of the Edinburgh … Judge [fr. juge, Fr.; judex, Lat.], one invested with authority to determine any cause or question in a Court of judicature. The word 'judge' denotes not only every person who is officially

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