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Noxious or offensive gas

of the Alkali, etc. (English) Works Regulation Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 14), which by s. 2 enjoins the owner of every alkali work to use the best practicable means for preventing the discharge of the

Infectious diseases

repeals (from October, 1937) the (English) Infectious Diseases Notification Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 72), and enjoins the notification to the Medical Officer of Health of the district of certain specific diseases therein named, and

Institutions

University Act, 1994 (58 of 1994), s. 2(l)] Used in several senses: e.g. (1) Laws, rites, and ceremonies enjoined by authority, as permanent rules of conduct or of government. (2) A commit-ment of the cure of souls

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Jactitation

a reputation of their marriage may ensue. The party injured sues for the purpose of having perpetual silence enjoined upon the unjustifiable boaster. See Thompson v. Rourke, 1893 P. 70.

Mahr (dower)

a necessary effect of marriage. To use the language of the Hedaya, 'the payment of dower (mahr) is enjoined by the law merely as a token of respect for its object (the woman), wherefore the mention of

Name and arms clause

Name and arms clause, a clause enjoining persons on whom property or estates are settled, either by deed or will, to take and use the

Negligence

to the plaintiff's act or default, vis major, or the act of God, or under statutory sanction positively enjoining the act causing damage; even in this last-mentioned case the defendant would still be under a special duty

Sacrament

by fine and imprisonment (1 Edw. 6, c. 1), and administration of the Sacrament in both kinds is enjoined by s. 7 of the same Act, 'excepte necessitie otherwise re-quire,' and the same s. enacts that 'the

Railway

on Railways. The publication of fares at every station 'in a conspicuous place in the booking office 'is enjoined on the companies by s. 15 of the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868, without any special penalty

Recusants

passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. And see Canons 65, 66, by which Ministers are enjoined to denounce Recusants, and Ministers being Preachers to 'labour diligently with them from time to time thereby to

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