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Lighthouse

benefit, provides a scale of light dues and rules for levying them, and enacts that the expenses of Colonial lights are to be paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund. See FALSE LIGHTS. (Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine

Maritime Courts

his Majesty's possessions beyond the seas, with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. See (English) Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 27), and ss. 5 and 6of the Statute

Marriage

force for parties, one at least of which is British subject outside England, except as altered by special colonial or Indian legislation, not merely prohibitory and negative, but creating a nullity by express words [Catterall v. Sweetman,

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Prize Court

also the (English) Prize Courts Acts, 1894 and 1915, and as to Vice-Admiralty Courts, in the Colonies, the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890. The law administered in the Prize Court is 'the course of Admiralty and

Quia Timet Bill

does come, will be irreparable, Fletcher v. Bealey, (1885) 28 Ch D 688; and Colls v. Home and Colonial Stores, 1904 AC 179.

Secretaries of State

affairs of the nation, and are obliged to attend on the sovereign when required. Formerly the administration of colonial and military affairs was combined and the duty discharged by a 'Secretary-at-War,' who was not a Secretary of

Zanzibar

Zanzibar. A British Protectorate administered under the Colonial Office.

Westminster, Statute of, 1931

Meaning of 'Dominion' in this Act. S. 2. Validity of laws made by Parliament of a Dominion; the Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, shall not apply to any law made by the Parliament of a Dominion. S.

Unsworn testimony

Unsworn testimony. As to its admission in certain cases in civil and criminal proceedings in Colonial courts, see 6 & 7 Vict. c. 22; and as to unsworn evidence of child on charge of

War Department

a department for which the sovereign issues orders to his forces. This department was formerly united with the Colonial Office under an official called the 'Secretary at War,' who was not a Secretary of State; but an

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Lighthouse

benefit, provides a scale of light dues and rules for levying them, and enacts that the expenses of Colonial lights are to be paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund. See FALSE LIGHTS. (Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine

Maritime Courts

his Majesty's possessions beyond the seas, with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. See (English) Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 27), and ss. 5 and 6of the Statute

Marriage

force for parties, one at least of which is British subject outside England, except as altered by special colonial or Indian legislation, not merely prohibitory and negative, but creating a nullity by express words [Catterall v. Sweetman,

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Prize Court

also the (English) Prize Courts Acts, 1894 and 1915, and as to Vice-Admiralty Courts, in the Colonies, the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890. The law administered in the Prize Court is 'the course of Admiralty and

Quia Timet Bill

does come, will be irreparable, Fletcher v. Bealey, (1885) 28 Ch D 688; and Colls v. Home and Colonial Stores, 1904 AC 179.

Secretaries of State

affairs of the nation, and are obliged to attend on the sovereign when required. Formerly the administration of colonial and military affairs was combined and the duty discharged by a 'Secretary-at-War,' who was not a Secretary of

Zanzibar

Zanzibar. A British Protectorate administered under the Colonial Office.

Westminster, Statute of, 1931

Meaning of 'Dominion' in this Act. S. 2. Validity of laws made by Parliament of a Dominion; the Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, shall not apply to any law made by the Parliament of a Dominion. S.

Unsworn testimony

Unsworn testimony. As to its admission in certain cases in civil and criminal proceedings in Colonial courts, see 6 & 7 Vict. c. 22; and as to unsworn evidence of child on charge of

War Department

a department for which the sovereign issues orders to his forces. This department was formerly united with the Colonial Office under an official called the 'Secretary at War,' who was not a Secretary of State; but an

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