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Public Authorities, Protection of

apply to an action, prosecution or other proceeding against any person for any act done in pursuance or execution or intended execution of any Act of Parliament or any public duty or authority or in respect of

Mortmain

land, or money to be laid out inland, might be given for any charitable use except by deed executed twelve months before the death of the donor, and enrolled within six months after execution. This Act, as

witness

wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation of a fact or event [in whereof the parties have executed this release] b : evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by deed) furnished by signature, oath,

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Interlineation

Interlineation, the insertion of any matter in a writ-ten instrument after it is engrossed or executed. A deed may be avoided by interlineation, unless a memorandum be made thereof at the time of the

Extent

peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of the debtor may

Backing a warrant of a justice of the peace

of the peace. Formerly, where a warrant which had been granted in one jurisdiction was required to be executed in another, as where a felony had been committed in one county and the offender was lurking in

Appointment in exercise of a Power

and be expressed to be in exercise of it, as manifesting the intention of the appointor, or person executing the power, and also of every other authority enabling him in that behalf, so as to guard against

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

notice to the landlord is necessary not more than three nor less than two months before beginning to execute the improvement. Terms of compensation may be agreed in place of the statutory compensation. The parties may agree

Tail

used, White v. Collins, (1719) 1 Comyns' Rep 289, (301); 2 Prest. Est. 475, unless the deed was executed since the Conveyancing Act, 1881, when the words 'in tail' without the words 'heirs of the body' might

Power of Attorney

there out a debt due to himself, it is irrevocable. As it is necessary for certain purposes (e.g., execution of a deed) that it should be under seal, a power of attorney is usually in the form

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