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trust

that is created for a purpose which is not charitable and that names no specific beneficiary NOTE: An honorary trust may be upheld as valid where allowed by statute providing that its purpose (as for the care

Freedom of a borough

s. 202 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, repeats this enactment, which is, however, qualified by the Honorary Freedom of Boroughs Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 29), in favour of the admission to be

Receipt

s. 44. The signature of counsel for a fee marked on his brief, though the fee is purely honorary, is a receipt and must be stamped, General Council of the Bar v. I.R.C., (1907) 1 KB 462.

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Institutions

the Civil Law, and Pr'torian, or those which the Pr'tor has establi-shed by his own authority, also called honorary. There is a further division of obligations into four kinds, for they arise: (1) ex contractu; (2) quasi

Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the titular heads of those bodies, the office being honorary. The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, by virtue of certain ancient charters confirmed by statute, enjoys the

Honorarium

Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary gives the meaning of the word 'honorarium' as an honorary reward, a fee for professional service rendered, while on the meanings of the word 'salary' is, fixed payment

Electoral franchise

university constituency if he or she has received, or, being a woman, qualified for, a degree (other than honorary) (ss. 2 and 4 (2)), as amended by the (English) Act of 1928. As to restrictions on plural

Dean

our Universities, who are officers appointed to superintend the behaviour of the members, and to enforce discipline. (5) Honorary Deans, as the Dean of the Chapel Royal, St. James's. (6) Deans of Provinces or Deans of Bishops.

Clubs

alia) the rules of the club as to the election of members and the admission of temporary and honorary members and friends, the terms of subscription, the opening and closing hours, and the mode of altering the

Cordon

usually worn after the manner of a baldric constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order Cf Grand cordon

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