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Unclaimed property
Unclaimed property. This devolves on the Crown at Common Law. Unclaimed property may be dealt with under the heads of (1) Government Stock, (2) Chancery … (4) Bankers' Balances, (5) Deposits with Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property. (1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21
Prince of Wales
of Wales, the eldest son of the reigning sovereign, if so created. He is the heir-apparent to the Crown; he is created Earl of Chester, and is Duke of Cornwall by inheritance (during the life of the … see 21 & 22 Vict. c. 109; as to the obligation of his creditors to claim payment of debts within a short period of their being incurred on pain of the debts being barred, see 35 Geo.
Tenure
which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the Crown, from the dominium utile (the possessory title), the right to use the profits in the soil, designated by … pleasure, or transmit as an inheritance to his children. The land was also attachable to answer the owner's debts, and could also be made available for commercial enterprise. Such tenure was acquired by the distribution of lands
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Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
motion to a Court or application to a judge, supported by an affidavit of the facts. (See (English) Crown Office Rules, 1906, rr. 216-230.) If a probable ground be shown that the party is imprisoned without a … any person is restrained of his liberty (otherwise than for some criminal or supposed criminal matter, or for debt, or by pro-cess in any civil suit), any judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court
Case, action on the
1, c. 24), which regulated and limited the increasing practice of framing new writs by officers of the Crown and empowered the Clerks in Chancery to frame new writs in consimili casu with writs then in existence,
Costs
3, to a victorious defendant; see Garnett v. Bradley, (1878) 3 App Cas 944. In proceedings between the Crown and a subject the general rule is that the Crown neither receives nor pays costs, but thee are … columns in the scale as he may direct. (4) If in any action the claim is for a debt or liquidated demand for a sum of twenty pounds or upwards, and-- (a) the defendant pays the amount
Administration
rr. 3 et seq.; Seton on Judgments. And see ADMINISTRATOR; WIDOW. The body of ministers appointed by the Crown to carry on the government of the country; now more commonly called 'the Government.' The expression 'administration' in … administration of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or administrator, i.e., the payment of his debts and the distribution of his assets among the persons entitled. See ss. 32 et seq., First Sched., Part
Copyhold
indisputably ancient custom. See HERIOT. Copyholds were forfeited to the lord of the manor, and not to the Crown, unless by the express swords of an Act of Parliament, by the tenant being attainted of treason or … lord's licence he may lease for any number of years. (8) Copyholds are liable to all sorts of debts, by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 104, and the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict.
Account or Accompt
of the (English) Arbitration Act, 1889, in any cause or matter (other than a criminal proceeding by the Crown) if the question in dispute consists wholly or in part of matters of account the Court or a … Account or Accompt [fr. compte, Fr., computo, Lat.], a registry of debts, credits, and charges, or a detailed statement of a series of receipts (credits) and disbursements (debits) of money-which
Bail
in time of vacation, may admit to bail for any crime whatever; and by Rule 111 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906 applications for bail in felony or misdemeanour, where the party is in custody, must … or criminal cases. In civil cases there were, before the abolition of arrest on mesne process by the Debtors Act, 1869:- (1) Common bail, or bail below, given to the sheriff, after arresting a person, on a
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