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Quo warranto

to pay costs to the relator. See Com. Dig., tit. 'Quo warranto'; Shortt and Mellor's Crown Office Practice; Corner's Crown Practice. The quo warranto proceeding affords a judicial remedy by which any person, who holds an independent

Primogeniture

and Borough-English were almost the only exceptions to this Norman rule of inheritance. The right, which was a corner-stone of the social structure in England, has been swept away by the land legislation of 1925. See DESCENT.

Pick of Land

Pick of Land, a narrow slip of land running into a corner.

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Open space

Resort Act II of 1888. It is equally clear that the existence of say one free at one corner of the space would not prevent the space being an open space, Nachimuthu v. Ramaswami Chettiar, 69 MLW

Coroner's

Coroner's, absence for any lawful or reasonable cause means that a depty may only act when the corner is physically absent from his or her duties, for example on holiday, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Fossway

foure weyes is called fosse, and stretches oute of the southe into the north, and begynneth from the corner of Cornwaille, and passeth forth by Devenshyre, by Somersete, and forth besides Tetbury, pon Cotteswold, besides Coventre, unto

Certiorari

to grant costs to a successful applicant for a certiorari, R. v. Woodhouse, 1906 (2) KB 501. See Corner's Crown Practice; Shortt and Mellor's Crown Practice. A writ of certiorari lies wherever a body of persons having

Egypt

a country at the northeastern corner of Africa At one time it was joined with Syria to form the United Arab Republic

Break-in-areas

readily and effectively broken into by persons outside the aircraft. These areas must be rectangular, marked by right-angle corner markings, with CUT HERE IN EMERGENCY marked across the centre, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn.,

Cantlet

A piece a fragment a corner

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