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Oath
[fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists. The Christian religion,
Feoffment
ancient times, by word of mouth and livery of seisin, i.e., by the delivery to the transferee of corporal possession of the land or tenement; see 2 Bl. Com. 310. Writing and deed (theretofore having become gradually
Natural persons
Natural persons, such as are, formed by the Deity, as distinguished from artificial persons or corporations, formed by human laws, for purposes of society and government.
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Liberty
Havering-atte-Bower, in Essex, see Law Journal for July 11, 1891. By s. 48, sub-s. 1, of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1888, every liberty and franchise of a county forms for the purpose of that Act part of
London
see 3 Hallam, Mid. Ages, p. 219. The 'city' of London, which is not subject to the Municipal Corporations Act, contains only 671 acres and is divided into twenty-six wards, over each of which there is an
Lottery
constitutes 'keeping' within the Act of 1802, see Martin v. Benjamin, (1907) 1 KB 64; but a body corporate cannot be convicted (s. 41) as rogues and vagabonds, Hawke v. Hulton, (1909) 2 KB 93. A physical
Mathadhipati
Mathadhipati, a Mathadhipati is certainly not a corporate body, he is the head of a spiritual fraternity and of virtue of his office has to perform
Mileage
received 9d. a mile for every mile beyond two, by s. 171 and Sched. IV. of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882
Misnomer
Misnomer, a wrong name. Nil facit error nominis cum de corpore vel persona constat. 11 Rep. 21.--(A mistake in the name does not matter when there is no mistake
Movable property
property. [Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), s. 2 (9)] The words 'movable property' are intended to include corporal property of every description, except land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything which
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