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Magna Carta
St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal … of fidelity, and chose for their general Robert Fitzwalter, with the title of Marshal of the Army of God and of the Holy Church. After the fortess of Bedford had surrendered to them, and they were in
Mistake
aside, or cancellation of written instruments is part of the business assigned to the Chancery Division of the High Court. [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56, replacing Jud. Act, 1873, s. 34] In criminal cases a mistake … the purchase, Palmer v. Johnson, (1884) 13 QBD 351; but where the misdescription is so serious as to go to the root of the contract, the condition will not assist the vendor, Flight v. Booth, 1 Bing
Precedence or precedency
The King's consort. * The King's uncles. * The King's nephews. * Archbishop of Canterbury (a). * Lord High Chancellor or Keeper, if a baron. * Archbishop of York. Prime Minister. By royal warrant dated December, 1905. … Precedence or precedency, the act or state of going before; adjustment of place. The rules of precedence may be reduced to the following list, in which those
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Ship
Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 1). The criminal jurisdiction of British courts extends to British ships on the high seas, and in foreign rivers below the bridges where the tide ebbs and flows, R. v. Anderson, LR … Ship, the carriage of goods by Sea Act, 1925 (26 of 1925). [XXVI of 1925, Sch. Art. 1, Cl. (d)] Ship, means any
Heirloom
freehold inheritance in the land,' a tenant for life could, by order of the Chancery Division of the High Court, sell the chattels or any of them, the proceeds of the sale to be dealt with as … Heirloom [fr. h'res, Lat., heir, and geloma, Sax., goods], personal chattels, such as charters, deeds, and evidences of title, coat armor set up in a church, or
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