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Scire facias

side of the King's Bench Division for recovery of Crown debts and also for rescinding Crown grants and charters, etc. Scire facias on recognizances and to repeal letters patent have been abolished: see as to patents, Patents

Scotal, or scotale

ale-houses, and compelled the people to drink at their houses for fear of their displeasure. Prohibited by the Charter of the Forest, c. 7. An extortionary practice by which forest officers forced people to patronage the officers'

Sessions of the peace

the peace for the execution of those powers which are confided to them by their commission, or by charter, and by numerous statutes. They are of three descriptions:- I. Petty Sessions.--Metropolitan Police magistrates can act alone (see

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Shares in public undertakings

Shares in public undertakings. Where the property is vested by charter or Act of Parliament in a body corporate, the shares of the individual corporators in the concern itself

Exeter, or Exon, Domesday

Exeter, or Exon, Domesday, the name given to a record preserved among the muniments and charters belonging to the dean and chapter of Exeter Cathedral, which contains a description of the western parts of

Art unions

Union Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 48), which legalizes the distribution by chance (provided a royal charter incorporating the association shall have been obtained), which would otherwise be illegal under the Lottery Act. As to

Emigrant conveyance

Emigrant conveyance', means any conveyance specially chartered for conveyance of emigrants or for conveying emigrants exceeding such number as may be prescribed: Provided that the

Monopoly

as the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions a combination of traders may get

Disfranchisement

The act of disfranchising or the state of being disfranchised deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities

FNMA

The Federal National Mortgage Association a federally chartered corporation that purchases and resells mortgages

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