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Children

Children. The word child in legal documents means a legitimate child unless otherwise declared by statute. See Morris v. Britannic Assurance Co., 1931 (2) KB 125. 'Child' is defined by the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 107, as meaning, for the purposes of the Act, a person under fourteen years of age. The (English) Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 47), makes provisions for Scotland similar to those of the corresponding English Act.Registration of Birth, and Vaccination.--It is the duty, by s. 1 of the (English) Births and Deaths Registration act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 88), of the father and mother of very child born alive, and in their default of other persons (see BIRTHS), to give information to the registrar within forty two days; the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 2 and 3, provides for compulsory notification of births to the Medical Officer of Health (see BIRTHS), and the child must be vaccinat...


Firearms

Firearms. This word comprises all sorts of guns, fowling-pieces, blunderbusses, pistols, etc. Their discharge in a street is penal.A weapon that expels a projected (such as ballets or pallets) by combustion of gunpowder or other explosive, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.For the purposes of the (English) Fire Arms Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 43), 'firearm' means 'any lethal firearm or other weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged, or any part thereof, and the expression 'ammunition' means ammunition for any such firearms, and includes grenades, bombs, and other similar missiles, whether such missiles are capable of use with a firearm or not. The (English) Firearms Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 16), amends the definition by including smoothbore shot gun, air gun, or air rifle and ammunition, if deemed a lethal weapon. A person under seventeen shall not purchase or hire, nor shall anyone sell to such person, a firearm or ammunition. A pe...


Priority Notice

Priority Notice, of charge under (English) Land Charges Act, 1925. By the (English) Law of Property (Amendment) Act, 1926, s. 4, persons intending to register a charge, instrument or matter under the Land Charges Act, 1925, may give notice at the (English) Land Charges Department of the Land Registry at least two days before the registration, and the effect of the notice is to relate the date of registration of the charge, instrument or matter as provided by s. 4 if the application to register is presented within fourteen days after the date of entry of notice, and refers to the notice: thus protecting the person intending to register from incumbrances created subsequently to the notice and before application to register.A form of notice providing temporary protection for an application about to be made for first registra-tion of land at the Land Registry (see (English) Land Registration Rules, 1925); also a notice protecting the priority of an intended dealing in registered land; the ...


Wills

Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable property. ''But in law ultima voluntas in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a.Depository of Will of Living Person.-By the (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing s. 91 of the Court of Probate Act, 1857:-There shall, under the control and direction of the High Court, be provided safe and convenient depositories for the custody of the wills of living persons, and any person may deposit his will therein.And see (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 26), s. 11, as to deposit of wills under control of the High Court.Law before 1838.-The right of testamentary aliena-tion of lands is a matter depending on Act of Parliament. Before 32 Hen. 8, c. 1, a will could not be made of land, and before the Statute of Frauds a will (see NUNCUPATIVE WILL) could be made by word of mouth...


Young person

Young person. In the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 12), this expression (s. 107) ' means a person who has attained the age of fourteen years and is under seventeen years.'A young person within the (English) Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 42), is a person who is under the age of eighteen years (s. 5). See CHILD-REN.Means a person under the age of twenty years. [Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956 (93 of 1956), s. 2 (c)]Means a person who has completed fourteen years of age but has not completed eighteen years of age. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employ-ment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2(q)]Means a person who is either a child or an adolescent. [Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), s. 2(d)]Means a person who is either a child or an adolescent. [Plantations Labour Act, 1951 (69 of 1951), s. 3(J)]...


Denarius

A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents the ldquopennyrdquo of the New Testament so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as...


Fan palm

Any palm tree having fan shaped or radiate leaves as the Chamaeligrops humilis of Southern Europe the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies Florida etc and especially the great talipot tree Corypha umbraculifera of Ceylon and Malaya The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide and are used for umbrellas tents and roofs When cut up they are used for books and manuscripts...


Ferret

An animal of the Weasel family Mustela furo syn Putorius furo about fourteen inches in length of a pale yellow or white color with red eyes It is a native of Africa but has been domesticated in Europe Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes They are sometimes kept as pets...


Fifteen

Five and ten one more than fourteen...


Fortnight

The space of fourteen days two weeks...


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