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Land-tax

on the Land-tax; Bourdin on Land-tax. The more agricultural counties, upon which the burden of the tax has fallen most heavily by reason of the depreciation in value of agricultural land, were greatly relieved by s. 31

Lives

Duchy of Cornwall estates by the (English) Duchy of Cornwall Management Act, 1863, has now greatly and properly fallen into desuetude, though it has by no means disappeared. It was at one time very common in Inns

Magna Carta

other than her husband. The 35th chapter, relating to county courts, sheriffs' turns, and leets, has long sine fallen into desuetude by reason of new laws upon these subjects, though the sheriff's county Court still exists for

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Malwa

Malwa, the word 'malwa' means rubbles or debris of a fallen building and cannot mean existing constructions and the land on which the 'malwa' are kept, Raj Kumar Soni

Nadarad

used in the memorandum of customs on a village does not of itself signify that the customs has fallen into disuse or ceased to exist, 25 All 90 (FB).

Surveyor

was erected by 33 Hen. 8, c. 39, for the benefit of the Crown. The Court had long fallen into disuse, when the ss. of that Act (of which many ss. relating to Crown debts are still

Res caduca

Res caduca, means a fallen thing; an escheat, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1308.

Rescue

must be in possession of the distress, otherwise there cannot be a rescue. The action of rescue has fallen into disuse; the usual remedy is by an action on the case under the Sale of Distress Act,

Superannuation

of superannuation thereof, but also becomes entitled to the retiral benefits thereof including pension. 'Voluntary retirement' could have fallen within the afore-mentioned expression, provided it was so stated expressly in the scheme, HEC Voluntary Retd. Emps. Welfare

Idiot

Mills and Poyser's Lunacy Practice. Idiot, means a person afflicted with profound mental retardation. The term has largely fallen out of use in modern legal and medical contexts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 749

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