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Apportionment

Apportionment, a division of a whole into parts (usually unequal) proportioned to the rights of more claimants than one. It is either (1) Apportionment in respect of time, or (2) Apportionment in respect of estate.

Affirmation

Affirmation, a solemn declaration without oath; the being allowed to make it was an indulgence at first confined to the people called Quakers, and Moravians (9 Geo. 4, c. 32, s. 1; 3 & 4 Wm.

Glass

Glass. By the (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 81(1), every person who steals or with intent to steal breaks any glass belonging to any

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Scotland and Ireland

resident in Scotland or Ireland, see (English) R.S.C. Ord. XI., rr. 1 (e), 2 and 2A; Williams v. Cartwright, (1895) 1 QB 142. Process for compelling the attendance of witnesses from Scotland or Ireland before English Courts

Remainder

Remainder [fr. remanentia, Lat.], that expectant portion, remnant, or residue of interest which, on the creation of a particular estate, is at the same time limited over to another, who is to enjoy it

National insurance

National insurance. The (English) National Insur-ance Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George, established a wide system of compulsory state insurance covering both ill-health and

Married women's property

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future,

London

see 3 Hallam, Mid. Ages, p. 219. The 'city' of London, which is not subject to the Municipal Corporations Act, contains only 671 acres and is divided into twenty-six wards, over each of which there is an

Land-tax

Land-tax, means a tax laid upon land and houses, which in 1689 (1 Will. & Mary, c. 3) superseded all the former methods of taxing either property or persons in respect of their property, whether

Hare

Hare, a beast of warren. A hare is 'game' within the (English) Game Acts and Game Certificate Acts (see GAME); but by the (English) Hares Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 29), both occupier

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Apportionment

Apportionment, a division of a whole into parts (usually unequal) proportioned to the rights of more claimants than one. It is either (1) Apportionment in respect of time, or (2) Apportionment in respect of estate.

Affirmation

Affirmation, a solemn declaration without oath; the being allowed to make it was an indulgence at first confined to the people called Quakers, and Moravians (9 Geo. 4, c. 32, s. 1; 3 & 4 Wm.

Glass

Glass. By the (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 81(1), every person who steals or with intent to steal breaks any glass belonging to any

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Scotland and Ireland

resident in Scotland or Ireland, see (English) R.S.C. Ord. XI., rr. 1 (e), 2 and 2A; Williams v. Cartwright, (1895) 1 QB 142. Process for compelling the attendance of witnesses from Scotland or Ireland before English Courts

Remainder

Remainder [fr. remanentia, Lat.], that expectant portion, remnant, or residue of interest which, on the creation of a particular estate, is at the same time limited over to another, who is to enjoy it

National insurance

National insurance. The (English) National Insur-ance Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George, established a wide system of compulsory state insurance covering both ill-health and

Married women's property

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future,

London

see 3 Hallam, Mid. Ages, p. 219. The 'city' of London, which is not subject to the Municipal Corporations Act, contains only 671 acres and is divided into twenty-six wards, over each of which there is an

Land-tax

Land-tax, means a tax laid upon land and houses, which in 1689 (1 Will. & Mary, c. 3) superseded all the former methods of taxing either property or persons in respect of their property, whether

Hare

Hare, a beast of warren. A hare is 'game' within the (English) Game Acts and Game Certificate Acts (see GAME); but by the (English) Hares Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 29), both occupier

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