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Risk Note
Risk Note, the name sometimes given to the special contract, sanctioned by s. 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), but not binding on the consignor unless signed by
Common Pleas, the Court of
an undue return or undue election of a member of Parliament. (II.) Summary. Under the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c.31). (III.) Auxiliary. (1) Registration of judgments, annuities, etc. (1 &
Borough Council
(English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), has consolidated and amended the relevant sections of the 1882 Act, see ss. 17, et seq., of the 1933 Act; but it does not apply … Borough Council, the body representing the bur-gesses of a municipal corporation by virtue of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and consisting of a mayor, alderman, and councillors, the councillors being elected by the burgesses, and the
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Railway
by the 86th section of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and controlled by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Acts of 1854, 1873, and 1888. The (English) Act of 1845, s. 86, enacts that:- It shall
Marriage settlement
by the husband though the property settled may be that of the wife, see Helps v. Clayton, (1864) 17 CBNS 553. By the (English) Infant Settlement Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 43), a male of … There is an express saving for such a settlement in s. 19 of the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1882, and see the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 1), invalidating a settlement
Larceny
grand, where it exceeded that amount; but this distinction was abolished by s. 2 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1861. The punishment for simple larceny is in ordinary cases penal servitude for the term of three years, … 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
Poison
seller of poisons, or by a person whose name is entered on the 'local authority's list' (s. 17). Section 18 deals with prohibition regarding the sale of poisons, and s. 19 makes exemptions with respect to medicines. … exceeding three years, or with imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years [(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 11], and so is the attempt to administer with like intent, whether bodily injury be effected
Jesuits
to Great Britain by the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 55). See ROMAN CATHOLICS. … Bull of Paul III. in 1540, its main object being to stem the tide of the Reformation by active propaganda. The Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 7), by ss. 28-37, rendered Jesuits liable … the High Court held that they had to jurisdiction to compel Mr. Kennedy to issue the summons; the sections were virtually a dead letter [Re Smith, (1914) 1 Ch 937], and are now repealed as to Great
Limited liability
Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23). Consult Palmer; Hemmant; Lindley on Company Law. Shipowners, Canals, Docks, and Railways.--The liability of shipowners for loss or injury to goods or passengers carried in their ships … or passengers carried in their ships is limited by s. 503 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (which section can be contracted out of, see Clark v. Dunraven, Lord, 1897 AC 59), re-enacting s. 54 of the
Beset
Beset. S. 7 of the (English) Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 86), makes it an offence to beset the house or place where … any act which he has a legal right to do or abstain from doing. The effect of this section in the case of a trade dispute has been mitigated by s. 2 of the (English) Trade Disputes
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