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Hackney carriage or cab
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Cab
Cab. Abbreviated from the French cabriolet, a species of hackney-carriage introduced in London in 1820. As to penalties for defrauding cabmen, see the London Cab Act, 1896 (59 … 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. C. 26). For the lawful fares of cabs, see London Cab and Stag Carriage Act, 1907; and the various orders made by the Secretary of State. As to disputes concerning the correct
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Unclaimed property
may make regulations (inter alia) 'for securing the safe custody and re-delivery of any property accidentally left in hackney or stage carriages, the charges to be paid in respect thereof, with power to cause such property to
Passengers
and Temperley's Merchant Shipping Acts. As to passengers by land, see CARRIERS; NEGLIGENCE; RAILWAYS. See also the London Hackney Carriages Act, 1843, s. 2, for definition of passenger for the purposes of the Act. See also (English) Road
Town Police Clauses Acts, 1847
Adoptive Acts. The Act of 1847 related to obstructions and nuisances in streets, fires, places of public resort, hackney carriages, and public bathing and other matters for the order and good government of towns and other districts. The
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