Colonist - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: colonistBoer
A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent...
Coloner
A colonist...
Colonist
A member or inhabitant of a colony...
Colonize
To plant or establish a colony or colonies in to people with colonists to migrate to and settle in...
Colonizer
One who promotes or establishes a colony a colonist...
Cooey
A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call to attract attention and also in common use among the Australian colonists In the actual call the first syllable is much prolonged koomacr and the second ends in a shrill staccato emacr To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used...
VerbarLeucadendron
A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope having handsome foliage Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists...
Legitimation per subsequens matrimonium
Legitimation per subsequens matrimonium. The legitimation of a bastard by the subsequent marriage of his parents. Formerly not recognized by the Law of England, though always allowed under the Civil Law in Scotland and most European countries and many British colonies.Now recognised in England and Wales by the Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), as from 1st January, 1927. The Act provides for the legitimation of an illegitimate person by the subsequent marriage of the parents, but not if the other person was married to a third person at the time of the illegitimate person's birth. It further provides for declarations of legitimacy, the rights of legitimated persons to take interests in property, succession, personal rights and obligations, and as to persons legitimated by extraneous law. See for summary of law before 1927 an article by Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, K.C.S.I., in the Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation, No. 13, New Series (1904).In the British Colonies ...
- << Prev.
- Next >>
Sign-up to get more results
Unlock complete result pages and premium legal research features.
Start Free Trial