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Colony

to the jurisdiction of the parent state as the British colonies in America

Colony counter

an instrument designed to conveniently count or assist counting colonies9 of microorganisms on a plate containing a gelled growth medium

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Crown colony

A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament but governed by a chief magistrate...

Victoria Colony

Victoria Colony. Separated from New South Wales by 13 & 14 Vict. c. 59; see also 18 & 19 Vict....

Court having admiralty jurisdiction

jurisdiction. The legislature of a British possession may by any Colonial Law Q:-(a) declare any court of unlimited civil jurisdiction whether

writ

2 : a writ provided for under British rule in colonial America that authorized customs officers to search unspecified places for

Vice-Admiralty Courts

above Act, with other cognate enactments, is repealed by the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c.

Legitimation per subsequens matrimonium

Law in Scotland and most European countries and many British colonies. Now recognised in England and Wales by the Legitimacy Act,

Plantation

Plantation, a colony. With respect to their internal policy our colonies are of three sorts: (1) provincial establishments; (2) proprietary governments;

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