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Custom

the contrary; (2) it must have been continued and (3) peaceable; also (4) reasonable and (5) certain; (6) compulsory, and not left to the option of every person, whether he will use it or not; and (7)

Copyright

signed by him or his agent [s. 5 (2)]; and there is a provision for the granting of compulsory licenses, after the death of the author, in certain cases (s. 4). The author of a work is

Copyhold

of 1858), and more materially by the Act of 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 73), provided for compulsory enfranchisement by either lord or tenant, preserving, however, under s. 48 of the Act of 1852, the lord's

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Coparceners or parceners

the estate at last descending to one person, which reduced it to a severalty; and (4) By a compulsory partition or sale under the Partition Acts. See PARTITION. The legal estate in coparcenary was abolished by the

Workmen's Compensation Act

Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation

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