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Hire-purchase system

jointly--or prove that they were in the order and disposition (see that title) of the hirer with the consent of the true owner.

Holding over

possession is against the will of the landlord, he becomes a trespasser, but if he remains with the consent of the landlord, he becomes a tenant at will or he may simply remain on sufferance; if subsequent

Hospitals

has the estate in him, and the brethren or sisters, having college and common seal in them, must consent, or the master alone has the estate, not having college or common seal. So hospitals are eligible, donatives,

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Husband and wife

Nash, 39 LTR 292). Where husband and wife are living apart owing to the former's desertion, or by consent, and the husband fails to maintain her, she has an irrevocable authority, as an agent of necessity, to

Impressing men

4, c. 24), which, however, provides that no person shall be detained in the Royal Navy, against his consent, for a longer period than five years except in case of emergency. See also the (English) Naval Enlistment

Indecent assault

whereby such an assault on a male is punishable by penal servitude up to ten years, or imprisonment: consent of either girl or boy under sixteen being by the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922 (12 &

Larceny (Advertisement) Act, 1870 (English)

Act of 1870 enacts that no such action be brought against printers or publishers of newspapers without the consent of the Attorney-General, etc.

Infant

Court has jurisdiction to commit a ward of court to prison for contempt of Court, e.g., marrying without consent [Re H.'s Settlement, (1909) 2 Ch 260]. By the Judicature Act, 1925, s. 44, it is provided that,

Infanticide

Infanticide, means (1) The act of killing a newborn child, esp. by the parents or with their consent, in archaic usage, the word referred also to the killing of an unborn child. Also termed child destruction;

Infectious diseases

be enforced by County Councils, local and port health authorities, Customs and Excise, and the Coastguard, with the consent of the respective departments. By order in Council, the regulations (including quarantine) may extend to Northern Ireland, if

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