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Workmen's Compensation Act
and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question
Infralapsarian
One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a
Parish meeting
Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 43-55, 77, and Sch. III., Part VI.), and consisting of the registered parliamentary electors and county council electors of the parish, each having one vote and no more on any question, or
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Nonsuit
XLI., r. 6]; but this rule has been rescinded, and it is not reproduced. A plaintiff cannot now elect to be nonsuited, and if he offers no evidence it is the duty of the court to direct
Letter-missive
processes of attachment, etc., which cannot affect a Lord of Parliament. See 1 Dan. Ch. Pr. Also, for electing a bishop, a letter-missive from the sovereign is sent to the dean and chapter, containing the name of
Foreclosure
claiming an interest in the mortgage under him, can compel the mortgagor, after breach of the condition, to elect either to redeem the pledge or that his equity of redemption be extinguished by an order of the
Election petitions
Election petitions are petitions for inquiry into the validity of the elections of members of Parliament. They are tried
Churchwardens
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 which they must be chosen by the
Burgessess
borough and occupation of property and payment of rates are entitled to be 'enrolled,' and when enrolled, to elect the 'council,' by which a municipal corporation is capable of acting. The term 'Local Government electors' was substituted
Bishop
his diocese or jurisdiction in England, Wales, or Ireland, and the archbishop's suffragan or assistant. A bishop is elected by the king's cong' d' 'lire, or license to elect the person named by the king, accompanied, by
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