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Clergy
deans, parsons (either rectors or vicars) and curates, to which may be added parish clerks. The clergy are exempt from serving on juries; restrained from farming more than 80 acres, except with the sanction of the bishop,
Churchwardens
are obliged when chosen to serve, and are sworn to execute the office faithfully. Several persons are, however, exempted from the office, viz., peers of the realm, members of Parliament, sheriffs, acting justices of the peace, clergymen,
Charter
of things done between man and man. Charters of the Sovereign are written instruments granting certain privileges or exemptions to any person or body politic (Jacob's Law Dict.) (see, e.g., the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s.
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Charity Commissioners
sanction proceedings by the trustees and give them advice, and many other powers. There are, however, certain institutions exempted from their jurisdiction, e.g., certain universities and colleges, registered places of worship, and charities wholly supported by voluntary
Charity
Charity, the word 'charity' which in common parlance is a word denoting a giving to some one in necessitous circumstances and in law a giving for public good. A private gift to one's own self or...
Charities, or Public Trusts
426). A charitable gift pays legacy or succession duty at 10 per cent., but charities, generally speaking, are exempt from income tax. By the (English) Charitable Trusts Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 27), the
Charitable uses and trusts
scholars upon the foundations thereof; and various Acts of Parliament passed from time to time have also specially exempted devises of lands or moneys charged thereon to the trustees of the British Museum for the benefit of
Chargeable transfer
Chargeable transfer, is a transfer of value which is made by an individual but is not an exempt transfer, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 24, para 408, p. 203.
Cessio bonorum
and exonerated the debtor from imprisonment. Huberus informs us that in Holland a cessio bonorum does not even exempt from imprisonment unless the creditors assent; and Heineccius proclaims the same as the law of some parts of
Candidate
58 but merely because a candidate is qualified under Article 58 it does not mean that he is exempt from compliance with the regulating the mode and manner in which nominations should be filed. If the petitioner
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