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Hague Tribunal
arbitration created by the ldquoInternational Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputesrdquo adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899 It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law nominated by the
Housing of the working classes
are also provided for in unrepeated portions of the Acts of 1930 and 1935. Very wide powers are conferred on local authorities over the ownership of land and housing properties, and populations within their districts, enabling those
Fixed fee
idea of payment of a sum by a person to the grantor of a licence as consideration for conferring upon such person by the grant of shop-licence, the exclusive privilege or right to carry on certain activities
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Forfeiture
against forfeiture for non-insurance, but left standing those as to forfeiture for non-payment of rent), by s. 14, conferred on the High Court a general power to relieve against forfeiture. S. 14 was replaced and extended by
Franchise
at an election for a member of Parliament. See ELECON. 1. The right to vote 2. The right conferred by government to engage in a specific business to exercise corporate powers, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
Freedom of a borough
privileges of a freeman. Before the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, these privileges, in many cases valuable either from conferring, especially before the Reform Act, 1832, a limited parliamentary franchise or from other causes, could be sold or
Freemen's Roll
76), as distinguished from the burgesses newly created by the Act, and entitled to the rights which it confers, who are entered on the burgess-roll. See (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c.
Geneva Convention
the condition of wounded soldiers of armies in the filed. Consult Encyc. of Eng. Law; Higgins's Hague Peace Conferences
Gratuity
earned as a matter of right on fulfilling the conditions subject to which it is earned, any rule conferring absolute discretion not testable on reason, justice or fair play must be treated as utterly arbitrary and unreason-able
Henry VIII Clause
Henry VIII Clause, is a provision occasionally found in legislation conferring delegated legislative power, giving the delegate the power to amend the delegating Act in order to bring that
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