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Married women's property

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal,

Supremacy, Oath of

Supremacy, Oath of, the abolished oath prescribed for nearly 200 years, together with the oath of allegiance, was to be taken by various high officers and persons by 1 W. &

discharge

: terminate the employment of b : to release from service or duty [ a jury] [ a witness] 4 a : to get rid of (as a debt or obligation) by performing an appropriate action b

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challenge

a challenge to (a trier of fact) [the grounds for challenging prospective jurors "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] compare recuse n 1 : a calling into question ;esp : a questioning of validity or

Army (UK)

Army (UK) [fr. armee, Fr.], the military force of a country. From1689 to 1879, the army was regulated by Annual Mutiny Acts usually expiring in April, and by the 'Articles of War' which those Acts

Fellow - servant

his servant for injury caused by the negligence of a fellow-servant, Priestly v. Fowler, (1837) 3 M. & W. 1, but this state of the law was altered by the (English) Employers Liability Act, 1880 (43 &

a distinct species of deed, and describe it as a conveyance applicable to the creation of an estate-tail; while a feoffment they strictly confine to the creation of a fee simple estate. The operative verb was 'give,'

Gold-mines

Gold-mines, a branch of the ordinary revenue of the kingdom. By 1 W. & M. st. 1, c. 30, and 5 W. & M. c. 6, amended by 55 Geo. 3,

Royal mines

gold or silver found in mines of copper, tin, iron, or lead, by virtue of 1 & 2 W. & M. sess. 1, c. 30, s. 4; 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 6; and 55

substantial

: material [a step had not been taken toward commission of the crime "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 2 : considerable in quantity : significantly great [would be a abuse of the provisions of

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