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Parol evidence

to the context, collect the meaning of the parties, it would be void on account of uncertainty. Consult Chitty or Addison or Leake on Contracts; Best, Roscoe, or Taylor on Evidence; Wigram on Wills; Norton on Deeds.

Parsonage

and as to dilapidations, see the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Acts, 1871 and 1872, and the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923-1929. Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.'

Partition

invest in land may obtain the requisite power under s. 57 of the (English) Trustee Act, 1925. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Partition'; Seton on Judgments. A party asking for a sale was not compellable to part with

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Party-wall

see (English) London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), ss. 5, 64, 65, 66; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Metropolis'; and as to respective rights of 'building owner' and 'adjoining owner,' see s. 114 et

Passage, Court of

actions arising within the City of Liverpool; see the preamble to the Liverpool Court of Passage Act, 1893, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Local Courts.' This and an amending Act of 1896 were repealed by a local Act (the

Petty-bag Office

is void under the Act 13 Eliz. c. 20 (Ex parte Arrowsmith, (1878) 8 Ch D 96). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.'

Peace, Breach of the

any other person on his complaint is regulated by s. 25 of the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'justices.'

Penal statute

5; 21 Jac. 1, c. 4; the (England) House of Commons (Disqualification) Acts of 1782 and 1801; and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Penal Actions.' This remedy is generally designated a penal action; or, where one part of the

Pension

the (English) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Provision for Unbeneficed Clergy) Measure, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, No. 1). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Pension,' and SUPERANNUATION. Pension is periodical payment of money for past services, Shaukat Husain Beg Mirza

Pensions, Ministry of

of these forces, other than service pensions. The Minister may sit in the House of Commons. See also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Pension.'

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