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Arches, Court of

Arches, Court of [fr. curia de arcubus, Lat.], a court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the Dean of the Arches, because his Court was anciently held in...

Archbishop

Archbishop [fr. apxletlokotos, Gk., fr. apxwv, chief, and emokotos, bishop], the chief of the clergy in his province; he has supreme power under the king in all ecclesiastical causes, and superintends the conduct of other bishops,...

Appeal, Court of (U.K.)

Appeal, Court of (U.K.), this Court, which was constituted under the Judicature Act, 1873, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and the Judicature Act,1881, has, by Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s. 26, vested in it the appellate...

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Birth, Concealing

Birth, Concealing. See Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 60, which enacts that every person who shall, by any secret disposition (see R. v. Brown, 1870 LR 1 CCR 244) of the dead body of...

Appeal

Appeal [fr. appellatio, Lat.; appeller, Fr.]. the judicial examination of the decision by a higher Court of the decision of an inferior Court. Thus there is an appeal from the High Court to the Court of...

Commercial establishment

Commercial establishment, in the definition of a Commercial Establishment in s. 2 cl. 3 of the U.P. Shops and Commercial Eastblishment Act, 1947, the clerical and other establishments of a factory to whom the provisions of...

Ampliation

Ampliation, an enlargement, a deferring of judgment till the cause be further examined.

Aller san jour

Aller san jour, to go without day, i.e., to be finally dismissed from the Court because there is no further day assigned for appearance

Alkali works

Alkali works, The Acts regulating alkali works, 26 & 27 Vict. c. 120-a temporary Act, made perpetual by 31 & 32 Vict. c. 36-and 37 & 38 Vict. c. 43, were consolidated and amended by the...

Alimony

Alimony [fr. alimonia. Lat.], the allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate for her support, either during a matrimonial suit or at its termination, when she proves herself entitled to a separate maintenance,...

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