Intestates Estates Act, 1884 (English) (47 & 48 Vict. c. 71), ss. 2 and 3, whereby administration for the Crown of the personal estate of an intestate is conducted on similar principles to those of an ordinary administration. The sections have been reproduced and amended by ss. 30 and 57, A.E. Act, 1925. The other provisions of the Intestates Estates Act,1884 (except s. 55), have been repealed by the A.E. Act, 1935. By the repealed s.s, when a person died intestate and without an heir, his estate, legal or equitable, in any incorporeal hereditament, and any equitable estate in any corporeal hereditament, escheated to the Crown. Provision was also made for the waiver of the rights of the Crown in certain cases. See ESCHEAT....
Limitation, words of, those which operate by reference to, or in connection with, other words, and extend or modify an estate given by such other words, as 'heirs,' 'heirs of the body.' See 1 Smith's Real and Pers. Prop., 4th 3d. 63-65, 160. As to deeds executed after December 31, 1881, see (English) Conveyancing Act, 1881, s. 51; Re Ethel, (1901) 1 Ch 945; and as to deeds executed after 1925, (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, ss. 60 and 130....
Malicious Damage Act, 1861 [(English) 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97], consolidating and amending the law as to arson (q.v.) and other damage to property. The Act has been amended by the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, s. 14; also (animals), 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 27, and 2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 17; (fishing waters), 13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 16; (trees and commons). 15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86; (ancient monuments), 19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 17, and other Acts....
Multi-State co-operative society with limited liability, means a society having the liability of its members limited by its bye-laws to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares, respectively, held by them or to such amount as they may, respectively, thereby undertake to contribute to the assets of the society, in the event of its being wound up. [Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002), s. 3 (q)]...
Peel's (Sir R.) Acts (English) (6 & 7 Vict. c. 37), otherwise called 'The (English) New Parishes Act,' 1843, amended by the (English) New Parishes Act of 1844 and 1856, making better provision for the spiritual care of populous parishes, by the establishment of district churches therein; and 7 & 8 Geo. 4, cc. 27-29, abolishing benefit of clergy, and otherwise amending the criminal law....
Ranges Act, 1891 (English) (54 & 55 Vict. c. 54), facilitated the acquisition of ranges by or for volunteer corps; the Military Lands Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 43), has repealed and superseded it with the exception of its 11th section, so far as it relates to acquisition of land under the Defence Acts. As to the right of an owner, whose lands are compulsorily taken, to be compensated for the injurious affection of his adjoining lands, see Blundell v. Rex, (1905) 1 KB 516, and Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation Act), 1919, also particular statutory provisions...
Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...
age discrimination in employment act Federal legislation prohibiting unfair and discriminatory treatment in employment on the basis of age. The Act generally covers individuals at least 40 years of age. (29 U.S.C. Sec. 621) Source: FindLaw ...
equal credit opportunity act A federal act prohibiting a creditor from discriminating against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex or marital status. (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1691) Source: FindLaw ...
equal pay act Federal law which mandates the same pay for all persons who do the same work without regard to sex, age, etc. For work to be equal within meaning of Act, it is not necessary that jobs be identical but only that they be substantially equal. (29 U.S.C. Sec. 206) Source: FindLaw ...