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Copeman

A chapman a dealer a merchant

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not reached his twenty-fourth birthday and is being charged under the section for the first time (R. v. Chapman, 23 Cr App R 63); 'reasonable cause to believe' means that the accused had reasonable cause to and

Agistment

Royal Forest and to collect the money due for it. Agistment does not include a right of lien, Chapman v. Allen, 1631 Cro Car 271. Agistment of sea banks [terr' agitat', Lat.] is where lands are charged

Copeman, or copesman

Copeman, or copesman, a chapman.

Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)

be a valid defence on the first occasion onwhich he is charged with such an offence. [R. v. Chapman, (1931) 2 KB 606 (a man of twenty-three yeas and six months can avail himself of this defence).]

Directors

be personally liable on a promissory note or cheque which he has signed on behalf of the company, Chapman v. Smethurst, (1909) 1 KB 927. The (English) Companies Act, 1929, disqualifies (ss. 140 and 141) a person

False imprisonment

Torts, Clerk and Lindsell on Torts; and see Warner v. Riddiford, (1858) 4 CBNS 180 (204); Brown v. Chapman, (1848) 6 CB 365; Lambert v. G.E. Ry., (1909) 2 KB 776 (arrest by railway police). A restraint

Libel

Libel [fr. libellus, Lat.; libelle, Fr.]. False defamatory words, if written and published, constitute a libel: Odgers on libel, p. 1. 'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without...

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