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Death. As to the registration of a death, see (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo....

Births, Marriages, and Deaths. By the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86),...

Death duties. These are (1) the Estate Duty, which, by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c....

death : a permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions : the end of life see also brain death, civil...

death penalty : death as punishment for a crime called also capital punishment see also cruel and unusual punishment Gregg...

Death penalty, means death by hanging. The punishment only for high treason and piracy with violence. The capital punishment for...

Sentence of death, Recording of. See the disused but still unrepealed Judgment of Death Act, 1823 (4 Geo. 4, c....

Offence not punishable with death or transporta-tion for life, the plain meaning of the words 'an offence not punishable with...

wrongful death action : an action that is brought by and in the name of the personal representative (as a...

Registrar of birth and deaths, means a Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under this Act. Births, Death and Marriages...