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Pre-emption, Right of
of buying a thing before others, as superfluous lands under the (English) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, s. 128, which must before sale be offered to the persons from whom they were originally taken, or to the
Pound
Pound [fr. pund, Sax.; pondo, Lat.], a certain weight, consisting in troy weight of 12, in avoirdupois of 16 ounces; the sum of 20s, said to be so called because in Saxon times
Pawnbroker
a pledge in pawn unless the pawner takes a pawn-ticket. 16. Redemption. Every pledge shall be redeemable within 12 months from the day of pawning, exclusive of that day; and there shall be added to that year
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Overseers of the poor
to the extent of the parish. Church-wardens were, by (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1866 (c. 113), s. 12 (repealed) (except in rural parishes, in which case their jurisdiction ceased by virtue of the (English) Local Government
Mortgage
Hunter v. Hunter, 1936 AC 202. The (English) Law of Property Act, 195, ss. 117, 118, 119 and 120, and 4th Sched., repeating with modifications the Act of 1881 (ss. 26-29), amended by the (English) Conveyancing Act,
Intermediary and proprietor
Intermediary and proprietor, the expression 'inter-mediary' is defined in s. 3(12) as, 'intermediary', with reference to an estate means a proprietor, under-proprietor, etc. s. 3(21) defines a proprietor to mean, as respects an estate', a person...
Militia
all men between eighteen and thirty, who are to be selected by ballot (23 & 24 Vict. c. 120, s. 7), with exceptions for peers, clergymen, articled clerks, officers on half pay, apprentices, poor men having more
Marz-ool-maut
537; Mohammad Mashud Hasan Khan v. Mohammad Anwar Husain Kehan, 6 ALJ 503; Sheikh Mohammad v. Khudija Bibi, 12 ALJ 132. Marz-ul-maut, a gift. For a gift to be declared invalid owing to its having been made
Land-tax
3, c. 116), under which, together with the (English) Land Tax Redemption Act, 1813 (53 Geo. 3, c. 123), and other enactments, the most important being s. 32 of the (English) Finance Act, 1896 (59 & 60
King
and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927 (17 Geo. 5, c. 4), whereby 'United Kingdom' shall, on and after the 12th April, 1927, mean Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland having ceased to be an integral part of
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