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Magna Carta
abolished method of trying the right to present a priest to an ecclesiastical benefice. The 14th chapter is directed against excessive fines, and provides that:-'A freeman shall not be amerced for a small fault, but after the … sureties appears to be clear and satisfactory. It is the prerogative of the Crown to claim priority for taxes and penalties before all other creditors, and to recover by a very prompt and efficacious process, because thesaurus
capitation
: a direct uniform tax imposed on each head or person : poll tax [no , or other direct, tax shall be laid "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 2 : a uniform per person payment or fee
Directive principles of State Policy
Directive principles of State Policy, some of the important directive principles require the State to strive to secure for … A law giving effect to any of the Directive Principles shall not be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with or takes away or abridges only of the rights conferred by Article 14 or Article
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Executor
Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose of the property according to his testamentary provisions after his … 2 Ch 13. Probate of the will, when obtained, is only evidence of his title; as a rule it relates back to the time of the testator' death, and as the executor derives full power from the
King's Bench
of fictitious proceedings called Bill of Middlesex and Latitat (which see) it usurped jurisdiction over all personal actions; direct jurisdiction in all such actions being given by 2 Wm. 4, c. 39, which abolished these fictitious proceedings. … the remnant of the aula regia, was not, nor could be, from the very nature and constitution of it, fixed to any certain place, but might follow the King's person wherever he went, for which reason all
Churchwardens
the minister and the meeting together, sometimes one by the minister and another by the meeting, as custom directs. Where there is no custom the election must be according to Canon 89 and s. 13 above, under … but the church goods (such as the organ, bells, Bible, and parish books) are still vested in them. It is their duty to make such order relative to seats in the church and chancel, not appropriated to
Originating summons
1883, Ords. LIV. LIVA., LIVB., LIVC., and LV. Et seq. If the question raised is one requiring argument it is generally adjourned into Court; if it is a simple matter the judge will determine it in Chambers.
Costs
entitled to costs on a county court scale only, the taxing master shall have the same power of directing on what county court scale and under what column in the scale costs are to be allowed, and … a county court. (2) When a plaintiff is entitled to costs on a county court scale only, the taxing master shall have the same power of directing on what county court scale and under what column in
writ
name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in … in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official
Right
conduct, has obtained in every language I know, Dugald teward], in its primitive sense, that which the law directs; in popular acceptation, that which is so directed for the protection and advantage of an individual is said … protection and advantage of an individual is said to be his right, 1 Stark. Evid. 1, n. (b). It has been described as a liberty of doing or possessing something consistently with law, or more strictly, the
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