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Limitation of actions and prosecutions

force, see SUMMONS, WRIT OF. Consult Darby and Bosanquest or Banning on the Statutes of Limitation; and see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Limitation of Actions.' See also Interim Report of the Law Revision Committee, 'Times,' 23rd December, 1936.

Marginal note

the Revised Statutes they have been revised throughout to make them in accordance with the text; and in Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility they have been much added to, abridged, or altered. In some private Acts of

Maritime Courts

rescission of the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty Courts in any Dominion; and consult Williams & Bruce's Admiralty Practice; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Admiralty.'

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Market

of conducting sales, and that a sale by auction in the vicinity was not a disturbance. Pease and Chitty on Markets and Fairs, and see MARKETS AND FAIRS and COPYHOLDS. Market means and includes any place or

Marriage

that the subsequent marriage took place. As to the history of this Act, see the note thereto in Chitty's Statutes. The (English) Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 24), and the

Negligence

[(English) 'Lord Campbell's Act'], and the (English) Fatal Accidents Act, 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 95). See Chitty's Statute, tit. 'Executors,' and the Fatal Accidents (Damage) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 7). The (English) Law

Master and servant

COMPENSATION ACT. As to settlement of disputes betwee employers and workmen, see CONCILIATION. Consult Manley Smith,or Macdonell, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Master and Servant,' on the law of master and servant generally.

Merchant shipping

of pilotage is now contained in the Pilotage Act, 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 31). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Shipping,' and consult Temperley or Maclachlan on M.S. Acts.

Metropolis Management Act, 1855 (English)

and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (26Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 50). See LONDOND, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Metropolis.'

Metropolitan Police

constables for a fixed period (s. 4). The numerous Acts dealing with the Metropolitan Police are collected in Chitty's Statutes, tits. 'Police (Metropolis)' and 'Police (London),' and also in an official Metropolitan Police Guide. See also the

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