Franchise - Law Dictionary Search Results
Market
Ch 78, it was held that any member of the public has a right of access to a franchise market on payment of tolls and observance of bye-laws for the purpose of conducting sales, and that a
Occupier
the Poor Relief Act, 1601, 43 Eliz. c. 2, and as 'inhabitant occupier' and entitled to the parliamentary franchise, under the Representation of the People Acts, 1867 and 1884, now a person liable to pay rates by
Ouster
see Halsb. L.E., officers of a corporation, see Halsb. L.E., sub tit. 'Corporation'; and upon forfeiture of a franchise for a market or fair (ibid.), sub tit. 'Markets and Fairs.' Ouster does not mean actual driving out
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Public meeting
Seditious Meetings Act, 1817. As a result of disturbances created by persons advocating the extension of the parliamentary franchise to women there was passed the Public Meeting Act, 1908, which by s. 1 provides as follows:- 1.-(1)
Wreck
royal grant (s. 522). This revenue of wrecks was frequently granted to lords of manors as a royal franchise. It is a branch of the coroner's office to inquire concerning shipwrecks and certify whether there has been
Rent
and entry. Small rent-charges were frequently granted for the mere purpose of qualifying the grantee for the parlia-mentary franchise, as a forty-shilling free-holder, under 8 Hen. 6, c. 7, but this kind of qualification was abolished by
Residence
959], and for the meaning, extent or interpretation of the word under statutes, see the particular statute, e.g., franchise, burial company law, jurisdiction of courts, divorce, income tax, juries, poor law, local government, etc. see DOMICIL. Residence
Reve
Reve, means the bailiff of a franchise or manor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1319.
Reve, or Greve
Reve, or Greve, the bailiff of a franchise or manor, an officer in parishes within forests, who marks the commonable cattle
Scot and lot voters
Scot and lot voters, voters in certain boroughs en-titled before the Reform Act of 1832 to the franchise in virtue of their paying this contribution; the rights of those living in 1832 were reserved by that
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