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Prize Court

Rules, 1914, made under (English) Prize Court (Procedure) Act, 1914, which repealed those sections of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, which dealt with the practice and procedure of Prize Courts; and see the (English) Naval Prize (Procedure) Act, … by the (English) Prize Court Rules, 1914, made under (English) Prize Court (Procedure) Act, 1914, which repealed those sections of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, which dealt with the practice and procedure of Prize Courts; and see

Tithe Rent-Charge

of distress are conferred (see s. 16 (5) (a) and (b). Sec. 17 includes a special definition of owner of the land charged, i.e. (a) … mixed, the third personal. This commutation was effected by a procedure set on foot by the (English) Tithe Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 71), amended by subsequent Acts. See Chitty's Stat., tit. 'Tithe Rent-Charge.' … to manage the annuities until the management is directed to be transferred to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. Sec. 5 defines the particulars which owners are required to give to the Commission. All collecting lists and similar

Lease

operative words were 'demise, lease, and to farm let,' or 'demise and lease.' The (English) Law of Property Act,1925, makes a distinction between leases for years which become legal estates if they consist of terms of years … create a present and immediate interest in land--a contingent agreement was not a lease within cl. (d) of section 17(1), Mangan Lal Deoshi v. Mohammad Moinul Haque, AIR 1951 SC 11: (1950) SCR 833. Means a lease

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Improvement of land

from the sea, etc.; (4) Inclosing, and redivision of fields; (5) Reclamation; (6) Making roads, tramways, railways, and canals; (7) Clearing; (8) Erection and improvement of cottage and farm buildings; (9) Planting for shelter; (10) Construction of … 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 31), s. 5, are also 'improvements' within the (English) Improvement of Land Act, 1864. See also (English) Housing Act, 1936, and DRAINAGE.

Penal Servitude

three years' penal servitude. This minimum of three years was altered to five by the (English) Penal Servitude Act, 1864, s. 2, but altered back to three by the (English) Penal Servitude Act, 1891, that very important Act … or without hard labour. By the Penal Servitude Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 58), the Court is given power to inflict penal … very important Act providing as follows by s. 1:- (1) where under any enactment in force when this section comes into operation [5th Aug., 1891] a Court has power to award a sentence of penal servitude, the

Canal

48), provides for the interchange of traffic between canal and railway companies, and for the due maintenance of canals by railway companies owning them; and the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict.

Railway and Canal Commission

his opinion upon any question of law prevails. As to appeal to 'superior Court of Appeal,' see ss. 17 and 55 of the (English) Act of 1888. The jurisdiction of the Commission has been curtailed by Part … Railway and Canal Commission, a body established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, to supersede the Railway Commissioners, who

Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English)

bill of exchange must be in writing, and that 'inland bill of exchange' bears a certain definition-these two sections are repealed by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and reproduced by ss. 7 and 17 of that … Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English) (19 & 20 Vict. c. 97). Its principal enactments are: (1) that a writ of execution

Horses

Moran v. Pitt, (1873) 42 LJ QB 47. As to the limitation of the liability of railway and canal companies for the carriage of horses, see s. 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17

Undue preference

Undue preference, the improper preferring of one customer over another by a railway or canal com-pany, prohibited by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), s.

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