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agency
legislation to administer the law in a particular area of public concern called also administrative agency see also enabling statute, exhaustion of remedies Administrative Procedure Act in the Important Laws section NOTE: When a legislature determines that government
Compound householder
rates was formerly one of the ingredients in the qualification for the parliamentary franchise; but modern statutes have enabled the owners of small houses to pay the rates for the occupiers and receive a composition for so … payment of rates was formerly one of the ingredients in the qualification for the parliamentary franchise; but modern statutes have enabled the owners of small houses to pay the rates for the occupiers and receive a composition
Official use
with directions for him to sell the estate and distribute the proceeds amongst B., C., and D. to enable A. to perform this duty he kept the legal estate under the Statute of Uses.
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Sederunt, Acts of
the Court of Session in Scotland, made originally under authority of the statute 1540, c. 93, and later enabling Acts, which may be said to be equivalent to the Regul' Generales of the English Courts. Generally speaking,
It shall be lawful
any person in consideration of his subscribing' for shares in it. The words 'it shall be lawful' are enabling words. They are used in a statute when it is intended to permit something to be done which
Good behaviour, security for
26(2), 39(3); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices.' Security for Convicted Drunkard.--The (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (Edw. 7, c. 28), enables a Court on conviction of a person for drunkenness in a public place, etc., to order him to … c. 17); (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), ss. 26(2), 39(3); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices.' Security for Convicted Drunkard.--The (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (Edw. 7, c. 28), enables a Court on
Donis conditionalibus, Statute de
Matched in: Term Donis conditionalibus, Statute de
Tail
and the recognition of the right of barring estates-tail, prescribing and simplifying the mode of disposition. The general enabling clause (s. 15) enacts, that 'after December 31st, 1833, every actual tenant-in-tail, whether in possession, remainder, contingency, or … and the heirs of his body general or special, male or female, and was the creature of the statute De Donis. The estate, if the entail be not barred, reverts to the donor or reversioner, if the
Distress
material distinction between them. Distress may also be made at Common Law on cattle damage feasant, and by statute for rates and taxes, and for tithe annuities which have been substituted for tithe rent-charge (q.v.) [(English) Tithe … (s. 2) for the determination of distress disputes under that Act by a magistrate or justices, and also enables (s. 6) a 'superior landlord' to require payment of rent direct to himself whenever the immediate tenant is
muniment
fortify] : a record (as a deed, statutory grant, or judgment) that passes title to real property and enables a person to defend the title or otherwise maintain a claim to real rights or privileges [ of … title] often used in pl. [the s of which the chain of record title is formed "Connecticut General Statutes"]
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