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Marriage

obtained. But if this is false, and one or both parties are minors, the marriage will still be good, R. v. Birmingham, (1828) 8 B&C 29, though the guilty party may be punished by being deprived of … Vict. c. 119), all, whether Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, or others, being treated on the same footing, and is now mainly regulated by the (English) Marriage Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 58). This Act dispenses with

Cattle

depended for its effectual working upon orders to be made from time to time by a Government Department, now the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. See Agriculture And Fisheries, Ministry Of. The weighing of cattle at markets … Cattle [derived by Skinner, Menage, and Spelman fr. Capitalia, quac aspr copr ad caput pertinent, personal goods; in which sense Chttels is yet used. Mandeville uses Catele for price], beasts of pasture, either wild or

Fixtures

the termination of the tenancy, subject, however, to the tenant paying any rent due, etc., avoiding or making good damage, giving the landlord notice before removal, and allowing the landlord an option of purchase. The Agricultural Holdings … a similar rule applies as in the last case, see Leigh v. Taylor, 1902 AC 157; and see now as to heirlooms generally, (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 67, and also (English) Law of Property Act,

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Institutions

reference to the index, will be found to be the tenth of the first book. This is usually now cited I. 1, 10, 12, 1 Colqu. R.C.L. s. 61. Mean School of Architecture, School of Planning, School … modes which followed, by the P'torian succession, are called bonorum possessio; acquisition by abrogation; the adjudication of the goods of a deceased person, in order to make the enfranchisement of slaves effectual; and the two abrogated successions,

Sovereignty

and inherent in every sovereign State to do all things which promote the health, peace, morals, education and good order of the people. Sovereignty is difficult to define. This power of sovereignty is, however, subject to constitutional … as 'the supreme authority' in an independent political society. It is, essential, indivisible and illimitable. However, it is now considered and accepted as both divisible and limitable, and we must recognise that it should be so. Sovereignty

Uses

of B. and his heirs. A feoffment or grant to B. and his heirs would have been perfectly good to transmute the possession and transfer the legal estate, but if a use arose expressly or by implication … and chattel interests. It is said that the statute contemplated freeholds only, and therefore employed the word SEISED; now a tenant is only possessed of a leasehold for years. but the use declared upon a feoffment, etc.,

Chattels or catals

the heir or devisee, while chattels real devolved on the personal representatives of the deceased. This difference has now been abolished, firstly, by s. 1 of the (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925 [replacing the (English) Land

Registration of title of land

register. The advantages which are claimed for the system are (a) purchasers for value of an absolute or good leasehold title are absolved from any inquiry into the title other than it is shown to be on … the land after 1898, and before 1926. Mines and minerals in respect of land registered after 1925 are now included in the word 'land' by the Act, subject to its provisions. Persons interested in the transfer or

Alien

less than five years within the last eight years before the application; and (b) That he is of good character and has an adequate knowledge of the English language; and (c) That he intends if his application … but this Act, together with several others, has been repealed and the statute law on the subject is now contained in the British nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, as amended by the Acts of the

Extent

or process of execution, has been issued and registered before the execution of the conveyance or mortgage; See now (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, s. 6, and LAND CHARGES. There is also an extent in chief in … an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of the debtor may all be taken at once, in order to compel the payment of the debt.

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