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Chimney-sweeps, prohibition for minors to ascend chimneys, requirement of certificates for master chimney-sweepers, and general regulations.-3 & 4 Vict. c. 85; 27 & 28 Vict. c. 37; consolidated with amendments by the (English) Chimney-Sweepers Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 70). The (English) Chimney-Sweepers Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 51), imposes a penalty for noisy solicitation of employment as a chimney-sweeper by ringing a bell or otherwise....
Chimney
Chimney. Ss. 30, 31 of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), which are applied to all urban districts by s. 171 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), impose penalties (up to 5l. and 10s. respectively) on any person wilfully setting a chimney on fire, or an occupier allowing a chimney to be on fire-the latter penalty not to be incurred if the occupier prove that the fire was in nowise owing to omission, neglect, or carelessness of himself or his servant.Minute rules for the construction of chimneys in London are laid down by the London Building Act, 1930 (21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), ss. 69 to 72. Elsewhere, see (English) Public health Act, 1875, s. 157, as amended by the (English) Public health Act, 1936. The funnel of a steam-tug is a chimney, Tough v. Hopkins, 1904 (1) KB 804.Includes any structure with an opening or outlet from or through which any air pollutant may be emitted. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981),...
Chimney breast
The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only...
Chimney-money or Hearth-money
Chimney-money or Hearth-money, a Crown duty for every fireplace in a house, 14 Car. 2, c. 2. It appears to have been a most odious tax (see Macaulay's Hist. of Eng. Ch. iii.) and was repealed by a Wm. & M. sess. 1, c. 10....
Insurance
Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1.Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to make good such loss should it occur. In this contract, the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property secure; the other receives money with the probability that it is clear gain. The instrument by which the contract is made is called a policy; the stipulated consideration, a premium. As to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404.Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be so circumstanced as to have benefit from the existence of the person or thing insured, and some preju...
Smokestack
A chimney esp a pipe serving as a chimney as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive the funnel of a steam vessel etc...
Fixtures
Fixtures. Things of an accessory character which are not something which is part of the original struc-ture, Boswell v. Crucible Steel Co., (1925) 1 KB 119, annexed to houses or lands, which become, immediately on annexation, part of the realty itself, i.e., governed by the same law which applies to the land, in conformity with the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit. The application of this legal principle, however, is not uniform, as may be thus shown:(1) Between landlord and tenant. If the chattels be not let into the soil, they are not fixtures at all, and may be removed at will, like any other species of personal property. When the chattel is connected with the free-hold, by being let into the earth, or by being cemented or otherwise united to some erection attached to the ground, the question arises-when may the tenant remove such fixtures?The general rule as to annexations made by a tenant during the continuance of his term is the following-Whenever he has affixed anything...
Nuisance
Nuisance [fr. nuire, Fr., to hurt], something noxious of offensive. Any unauthorised act which, without direct physical interference, materially impairs the use and enjoyment by another of his property, or prejudicially affects his health, comfort, or convenience, is a nuisance.Nuisance may be distinguished from negligence in that nuisance is an act or omission causing injury, the injury itself giving rise to an action for damages, while a person suffering from damage due to negligence must prove that the damage was caused by some want of care, according to its degree which was required in the particular circumstances of the case. Actions against persons or public undertakings for damage under statutory powers are generally founded on negligence. Where the actual method of exercising the power creating a nuisance is indicated by the statute negligence in the authorised method may be actionable. The onus appears to be on a defendant pleading that the nuisance was inevitable and compulso...
Chimney
A fireplace or hearth...
Chimney piece
A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace also the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace mantlepiece...
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