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Prize Court

applied for a condemnation of the ship, but if a decree of condemnation was made it decreed a good and lawful prize to the Crown, and it was by a subsequent Act of the Royal Judgment and

Damages

(English) Judicature Act, 1873, is expressly revealed by the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act, 1883. See now Judicature Act, 1925, s. 36. The Judicature Acts allow matters to be set up by a defendant by … the notes thereto; and Argentino, 14 App Cas 519; 13 PD 191; and s. 51, (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893. Damages that are remote and contingent cannot be recovered see Sapwell v. Bass, (1910) 2 KB

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

1874] As a rule a title by possession for the statutory period of land against trustees will be good against all persons claiming as cestui que trustent under their trust (see Williams v. Papworth, 1900 AC 563), … twenty years after the cause of action has accrued, except in the case of mortgage debts which are now barred after twelve years, whether by covenant or collateral bond, by the R.P. Act, 1874, s. 8. See

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Appointment in exercise of a Power

exercise of the power is void. The (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 157, protects purchasers in good faith and making reasonable inquiry when dealing after 1925 with an appointee who is not less than 25 … 1(7). Powers may also be reserved over personal estate, and in that case also only the equitable estate now passes; a common instance is the power of appointment among the issue usually given by a marriage settlement,

Vagrants

in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, and not giving a good account of himself; but not unless (by Vagrancy Act, 1935) it is proved (a) that he had been … Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds. The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo. 4,

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

entitling the landlord to compensation for failure by the tenant to cultivate in accordance with the rules of good husbandry or the terms of his tenancy. 3. Compensation for Damage by Game.--S. 11 provides for compensation in … him during his tenancy. The operation of this Act could be and frequently was excluded by agreement, but now the tenant cannot deprive himself by contract of the right to claim compensation which is conferred on him

Wills

circumstanced that if they were soldiers they would be in actual military service within the s., and 'soldier' now includes a member of the Air Force. The Act of 1918 extends the operation of s. 11 to … the margin against or near each alteration or interlineation, it will be accepted for probate: see In the Goods of Blewitt, (1880) 5 PD 116. By s. 175 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, contingent,

Trust

such directions. This part is important from a practical point of view because trustees are liable to make good any loss on unauthorised investments in the absence of any relief provided by the Act'see ss. 4, 8, … Re Moncton's Settlement, (1913) 2 Ch 636; and Re Arden, Short v. Cam, (1935) 1 Ch 326]. See now the L.P.Act, 1925, s. 60, by which, after 1925 the fee-simple or other interest which the grantor had

Company

in the social and economic life of the citizen in order to bring about general welfare and common good of the community. With this change in socio-economic thinking, the developing role of companies in modern economy and … Bank of England notes as 'compa'], a body of persons associated for purposes of busi-ness, sometimes, but not now so frequently as some years ago, styled a Joint Stock Company. A company has its origin either (1)

Intoxicating liquor

public,' it being obligatory in every case to attach such conditions as 'having regard to suitable premises and good management' they 'think best adapted for securing to the public any monopoly value which his represented' by the … (1990) 1 SCC 109. Intoxicating liquors. The sale of intoxicating liquors by retail in England and Wales is now mainly regulated by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), which

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