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County Councils

County Councils. The elective bodies established by the Local Government Act, 1888 (c. 41), to manage certain specified administrative business of each

Crown colony

A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament but governed by a chief magistrate called Governor appointed by the Crown with executive

curtesy

either solely owned or inherited provided that they bore a child capable of inheriting the property compare dower, elective share

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election

the act or process of electing b : an instance of the electorate voting for candidates for an elective office c : the fact of being elected 2 : the right, power, or privilege of making a

elect

a selection of [ed her statutory share over the gift under the will] vi : to choose an elective share [the right of a spouse to against the will]

dower

to which his wife is entitled upon his death under common law and some state statutes compare curtesy, elective share

disinherit

disinherit : to prevent deliberately from inheriting something (as by making a will) see also elective share dis·in·her·i·tance [-her-ə-təns] n

defeat

defeat [Anglo-French defait, past participle of defaire to undo, defeat, from Old French deffaire desfaire, from de-, prefix marking reversal of action + faire to do] 1 a : to render null [third parties will an...

force

through [forced the door] see also forcible entry 2 : to impose or require by law see also elective share forced heir at heir forced sale at sale

Metropolitan Board of Works

Metropolitan Board of Works, a board constituted in 1855 by 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, and elected by vestries and district boards, who in their turn were elected by the ratepayers. The powers, duties, and

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