Except - Law Dictionary Search Results
Liquidator
company in general meeting to wind up its affairs and thereupon the powers of the directors shall cease except so far as the company in general meeting or the liquidator sanctions the continuance thereof (s. 232). The
Tenure
1481. Tenure, the mode of holding property. The only tenures in land now existing with a few unimpor-tant exceptions are (1) free and common socage in fee-simple, including enfranchised copyhold, which is subject to paramount incidents; and
Unclaimed property
From a parliamentary return in 1900 it appears that they then amounted to 56 millions, their ultimate destination, except as to 'dormant funds'-i.e., funds not dealt with for fifteen years or upwards-being in most cases well known.
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Workmen's Compensation Act
and permanent disablement [s. 1 (1) (b), as explained by s. 1 (2)]; contracting out is not allowed except under a scheme made under the Act [s. 1 (3)] Notice, verbal or written, is necessary (s. 14)
Uniformity, Act of
read the Prayer Book service in their churches, on pain of a 5l. penalty, and that no person except an ordained priest shall be beneficed or administer the Sacrament on pain of 100l. penalty. There are savings
Public health
legislation relating to Infectious Diseases Acts'i.e., the Prevention (1883), Notification (1889 and 1899) and Treatment, (1913), Tuberculosis (1921, except s. 6) Acts; the Cleaning of Persons Act, 1897; Isolation of Hospitals Acts, 1893 and 1901; Nursing Homes
Trust for sale
proceeds devolved upon the beneficiaries as personalty unless they elected to take the property as realty (see CONVERSION), except that upon a lapse of the devise of realty in the testator's lifetime the property resulted to the
Bill of Exchange
C.J., in Goodwin v. Robarts, (1855) L.R. 10 Ex. 337 (346).) The whole law of bills of exchange, except so far as relates to stamps and other small matters, is 'codified' by the Bills of Exchange Act,
Goods
(d)] It includes livestock, and anything (other than equipment ordinarily used with the vehicle) carried by a vehicle except living persons, but does not include luggage or personal effects carried in a motor car or in a
Gavelkind
abolished by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45(1)(a), in the case of all deaths after 1925 except in regard to entailed estates, and descent from a person of unsound mind, as provided by s. 51
- ‹ Prev
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free