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Kenya
A country in East Africa formerly a British colony
Natal
the union of the colonies of Natal, the Cape of Good Hope, the Transvaal, and the Orange River Colony, see the South Africa Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 9). The Union was established May 30th, 1910
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago. Islands in the West Indies form one colony under the Act 50 & 51 Vict. c. 44. Under 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 47, a
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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.
Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca
Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca. Administered together as a British Colony. See Straits Settlements Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 115).
Foreign documents
made under s. 1 of the Act recognizing public registers in other countries (which expression includes any British Colony or Protectorate) if desirable in the interests of reciprocity.
Rookery
The breeding place of a colony of rooks also the birds themselves
Melungeon
intermixtures of white settlers with natives In North Carolina the Croatan Indians regarded as descended from Raleighs lost colony of Croatan formerly classed with negroes are now legally recognized as distinct
Dominion (His Majesty's)
the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Newfoundland'; see also COLONY. These Dominions are also styled self-governing Dominions
Marriage
Moss v. Moss, 1897 P. 263. But the law is different in most other countries, e.g., in Cape Colony, by Roman Dutch law, see Horak v. Horak, (1861) 3 Searle, 389, and see now Matrimonial Causes Act,
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