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Mesne profit

Mesne profit, of property means those profits which the person in wrongful possession of such property actually received or might with ordinary diligence have received therefrom, together with interest on such profits, but shall not include...

Marriage

validity.' Essentials of Contract.--The age for marriage had been fixed from the earliest times at 14 for males, 12 for females. But since the (English) Age of Marriage Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 36),

Letters-patent, or letters overt

formalities required for the grant of the letters patent on the complete specification, which must be lodged within 12 months of first application. opposition to the grant is heard by the Comptroller of the Patent Office subject

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Justices

a prima facie case against them. This power is chiefly regulated by 'Jervis's Act' (No. 1), 11 & 12 Vict. c. 42: see, especially, ss. 9, 25. (2) To convict and punish summarily the procedure in these

Joint-tenancy

moiety, though since the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27), s. 12, the possession of one joint-tenant is no longer to be deemed the possession of the other or others.

Guardianship

in favour of the mother by the (English) Custody of Infants Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 12, (English) Guardianship of Infants Acts, 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 27), and 1925 (15 & 16 Geo.

Desertion

Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and

Deposition

with which the term is most commonly used), see especially the (English) Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 42), s. 17, and the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c.

Civil Law

and those which follow, Paragraphs. The Institute are quoted with the letter I. or Inst.; thus 'si adversus, 12 I. De Nuptiis, is nothing more than 12 paragraphs of the title De Nuptiis, which on reference to

Children

means a legitimate child unless otherwise declared by statute. See Morris v. Britannic Assurance Co., 1931 (2) KB 125. 'Child' is defined by the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c.

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