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Military Service Acts

the war, e.g., the age was extended to 51 in 1918, and are now repealed (S.L.R., 1927). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Army.'

Night walkers

prostitute: see s. 54 (11) of the (English) Metropolitan Police Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Police (Metropolis).'

Markets and fairs

1891, and 1926. See Newcastle (Duke of) v. Workshop U.D.C., (1902) 2 Ch 145; and consult Pease and Chitty on Markets and Fairs. See FAIRS AND MANOR.

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Lammas lands

the time of grant. See the (English) Repealed Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. C. 62), s. 13; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Tithe,' as to commutation of tithe thereon, and see Baylis v. Tyssen Amherst, (1877) 6 Ch

Land-tax

are colleges and hospitals. For the various statutes for the better regulation of land-tax and its redemption, see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Land Tax,' and ss. 31-36 of the (English) Finance Act, 1896. See also (English) Finance Acts,

Lease

the Chancery Division of the High Court. See LANDLORD AND TENANT; COMPENSATION; GOODWILL; APPORTION-MENT; FORFEITURE; CONDITION; RENEWAL; also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Landlord and Tenant'; and consult Foa, Woodfall or Redman on Landlord and Tenant. It includes a

Leases, Ecclesiastical

is the (English) Ecclesiastical Leasing Act,1842, and see (English) Agric. Holdings Act, 1923, ss. 20 and 26. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Lease (Ecclesiastical)'; Woodfall, 'Landlord and Tenant.'

Legacy duty

(44 & 45 Vict. c. 12), ss. 41-43; and the (English) Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, pt. Iii. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties.' Consult Hanson or Norman on Death Duties.

Letters of safe-conduct

sovereign being the best judge of such emergencies as may deserve exemption from the general law of arms, Chitty's Prerogatives of the Crown, p. 48, and Vattel by Chit. 416. But passports or licences from our ambassadors

Libraries (Public)

Council, is to be levied in the library district as an additional item of the general rate. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Libraries,' and the works of Chambers and Fovargue or Greenwood.

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