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Authentic Act

by the authority of a competent magistrate, or which is certified as being a copy of a public register, Civil Law.

Gross vehicle weight

any vehicle the total weight of the vehicle and load certified and registered by the registering authority as permissible for that

Cremation

crematoria on plans approved by the Minister of Health and certified to be in accordance therewith by the Secretary of State, … Cremation Act, 1902 (3 Edw. 7, c. 8), empowers burial authorities (see BURIAL) to establish crematoria on plans approved by the

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Certiorari

certain reasons, that the said record should by you be certified to us'. Certiorari was essentially a royal demand for information; … of certiorari lies wherever a body of persons having legal authority to determine questions affecting the rights of subjects and having

Person of unsound mind

1930, s. 1; (b) Temporary (ibid., s. 5 (1); (c) Certified [(English) Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 4]; (d) Found to be … other cases the requirements are:- (1) An order of judicial authority (county Court judge, stipendiary or police magistrate, or justice of

Drunkenness

detained for a term not exceeding three years in any certified inebriate reformatory the managers of which are willing to receive … instance, the Act of 1898 is compulsory in certain cases, authorizing the Court to order the detention in an inebriate reformatory

County Courts

The old County Court was a tribunal inident to the jurisdiction of a sheriff, but was not a Court of Record.

Appeal

proceeding, but it is allowed only if the High Court certifies that the case involves a substantial question of law as … have a decision reconsidered by bringing it to a higher authority, especially the submission of a lower court's or agency's decision

Intoxicating liquor

licence' (see below) and must be confirmed by the 'confirming authority' (s. 26); or is a 'special removal,' i.e. one which

Imprisonment

for any offence, and cannot be imprisoned unless the Court certifies that the young person is of so unruly a character … Imprisonment for not more than two years is very frequently authorised, as an alternative to penal servitude, by the (English) Offences

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