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Game

years' leasehold of 150l. a year, etc. This Act repeals the (English) Qualification Act of 22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 25, and (after giving the game to landlords in the case of leases made before the

Ship-money

were at once passed condemning the judgment, and it was reversed and the whole abuse abolished by 16 Car. 1, c. 14. See Case of Ship Money, (1737) 3 St. Tr. 825; Broom's Const. Law, p. 306.

case, may discharge, admit to bail, or remand the prisoner. The great (English) Habeas Corpus Act, 1679 (31 Car. 2, c. 2), did not newly establish the remedy for unjust imprisonment by writ of habeas corpus, but,

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In judicio non creditur nisi juratis

in judicial procedure there is no credit, save to things sworn. In judicio non creditur nisi juratis. Cro. Car. 54.--(In a trial credence is given only to those who are sworn.) For admission of unsworn evidence of … is given only to those who are sworn.) For admission of unsworn evidence of a child, however, in case of cruelty, etc., to child, see (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 12),

Act of Oblivion

Act of Oblivion, 12 Car. 2, c. 11, a general indemnity and legal oblivion of all that had been done amiss in the … all that had been done amiss in the late interruption of government, but with an exception in the case of certain specified persons; see Hall. Const. History.

Guaranty, or Guarantee

binding. At Common Law a guarantee need not have been in writing, but the Statute of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3), s. 4, enacts that 'No action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant upon … to be answerable for the payment of a debt or the performance of a duty by another, in case he should fail to perform his engagement. An offer to guarantee until it be accepted is not binding.

Arrest

liberty of the subject against unlawful arrests and suits are Magna Charta and the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2, c. 2), which is amended and enforced by 56 Geo. 3, c. 100. A person is privileged … of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of a precept or writ issue

Locomotives. I

are of two classes: (a) Light Locomotives; (b) Heavy Locomotives. (a) Formerly the expression light locomotive and motor car meant the same apart from certain provisions as to registration. As to motor cars, see MOTOR CAR. Now … one of the classes of motor vehicles, all regulations, e.g., licensing, rate of speed, offences, duty as regards cases of accident, which refer to motor vehicles apply, so far as are applicable to light locomotives; see, generally,

Guardianship

Guardianship. The care of and responsibility for a person of non-age or infancy in regard to its person or property, or … entirely local, and depended upon the law of the particular place where it existed, was found in the case of copyholds, ancient corporations, and gavelkind lands. Guardians of this kind have ceased to exist in respect of

Lives

the person during whose life the lease is to last, the cestui que vie. By 18 & 19 Car. 2, there is a prima facie presumption of death after seven years; and by the Cestui que Vie … for life without right of perpetual renewal under Part V of the (English) L.P.Act, 1922. In all other cases it is an equitable interest and governed by the Settled Land Act,1925. The tenant under the lease was

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