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Registration of copyright
Act, 1842, authorising in every case of copyright the registration of the title of the proprietor at Stationers' Hall, and providing that, without previous registration, no action should be commenced, was repealed by the Copyright Act, 1911,
Recovery
demandant. See Williams on Real Property; 1 Shep. Touch. C. 3; and 1 Pest. Conv. c. 1; 1 Hall. Cons. Hist. c. i. 12. An estate-tail might also be barred by a fine (q.v.). A friend brought
Qui prior est tempore potior est jure
the parties, Bailey v. Barnes, (1894) 1 Ch 25, and the application of the rule in Dearle v. Hall, to land by s. 137 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, has lessened the importance of the
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Quantity surveyor
the purpose of enabling builders to calculate the amount for which they would execute the plans, Taylor v. Hall, 4 Ir CL 476. See Hudson on Building Contracts.
Public meeting
there is no 'right of public meeting' known to English law. Political meetings within a mile of Westminster Hall during the session of Parliament are prohibited by the Seditious Meetings Act, 1817. As a result of disturbances
Profit a prendre
the manner appropriate to the right, Welcome v. Upton, (1840) 6 M&W 536. Consult Gale on Easements, and Hall on Profits a Prende.
Fieri facias
money judgment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 641. The sheriff cannot sell before actual seizure [Ex parte Hall, (1880) 14 Ch D 132]. The sheriff cannot break open the outer door of a dwelling-house to seize
Canon law
the independence of its tribunals and the different nature of its authorities might be expected to produce, See Hall. Lit. Hist. The canons made in England in 1603, and revised in 1866, are binding on the clergy
Extent
(28 & 29 Vict. c. 104), s. 47, a commission to find a debt due to the Crowns hall not be necessary for authorizing the issue of an immediate extent or of a writ of diem clausit
partygoer
Someone who is attending a party4 as the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers
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