Chimney Piece - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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...
Chimney-sweeps
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 piece
A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace also the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace mantlepiece...
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....
Piece
A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole in any manner as by cutting splitting breaking or tearing a part a portion as a piece of sugar to break in pieces...
Bail-piece
Bail-piece, a piece of parchment containing the names of special bail, with other particulars, which, being signed by a judge, was filed in the court in which the action was pending, and notice of the bail having justified was then given to the opposite party....
satisfaction piece
satisfaction piece : a formal written acknowledgment by an obligee (as a mortgagee) that an obligation has been satisfied and that the obligor is discharged ...
Piecely
In pieces piecemeal...
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