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Marriage
the marriage if by license (see Banns). The Act further abolished the suits in the Ecclesiastical Court to compel marriage 'in facie ecclesi',' which abolition made more common the action of breach of promise of marriage, which … The so-called marriage by habit and repute, or by declaring themselves husband and wife before witnesses, is merely evidence of such intention--evidence which may be rebutted if it be proved that the real intention of the parties
Inspection of written documents
that in any action or other proceeding the court or a judge might, on application by either party, compel the opposite party to allow the party making the application to inspect all documents in the custody or … Inspection of written documents. It was provided by the (English) Evidence Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 99), s. 6, that in any action or other proceeding the
Affiliation
Geo. 5, c. 46. The evidence of the mother must be corroborated in some material particular by other testimony, by virtue of s. 6 of the Act of 1845, and s. 4 of the Act of 1872, … Manning, (1877) 2 QBD 611; Thomas v. Jones, (1921) 1 KB 22. As to issue of process for compelling attendance of witnesses, see (English) Bastardy (Witness Process) Act, 1929 (c. 38), and (English) Poor Law Act, 1884,
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discharge
of an employee effected by making the employee's working conditions so intolerable that he or she reasonably feels compelled to resign retaliatory discharge : a wrongful discharge that is done in retaliation for an employee's conduct (as
Offence
(1) Treasons; (2) Felonies; and (3) Misdemeanours. See several titles. Consult Russell on Crimes; Archbolds' or Roscoe's Criminal Evidence. It means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force and
Executor
executor may have full opportunity to obtain in formation of the state of the property he cannot be compelled to pay a legacy within that period, even in a case where the testator directed it to be … existed are good, Hewson v. Shelley, (1914) 2 Ch 13. Probate of the will, when obtained, is only evidence of his title; as a rule it relates back to the time of the testator' death, and as
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