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Wear, or Weir
use' at the time of the passing of that Act by virtue of a grant or charter or immemorial usage. Weirs and mill dams for taking or obstructing salmon and trout not in use before 1861 are
Valid Custom
Valid Custom, the characteristics of a 'valid custom' are that it must be of immemorial existence, it must be reasonable, it must be certain and it must be continuous, Shakuntala Bai v. L.V.
Usage
or course of procedure. A usage differ from a custom, in that it does not require to be immemorial to establish the same, but the usage must be known, certain, uniform, reasonable and contrary to law'. Usage
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Time
held good, although on Friday about 7 A.M. the plaintiff gave notice of acceptance to the defendant. Time Immemorial, from time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary. See MEMORY, TIME OF LEGAL; PRESCRIPTION.
Public wharf
Public wharf, is one which is common to all the subjects, and, if it is claimed by immemorial usage, it is a public wharf, Dungarvan Guardians v. Mansfield, 1897 (1) IR 420; Kunchkey v. Redruth, 1904
Petty-bag Office
seat in a church. It is some what in the nature of an heirloom, and may descend by immemorial custom, without any ecclesiastical concurrence, from an ancestor to his heir. Consult Cripps's Law of the Church and
Pardon
19. See PREROGATIVE OF MERCY. Pardon is one of the many prerogatives which have been recognised since time immemorial as being vested in the sovereign, wherever the sovereignty might lie. It is open to the Governor to
Gloves
be tried, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. It is an immemorial custom to remove the glove from the right hand on taking oath
Market
etc. A market can only be set up by virtue of a royal grant, or by long and immemorial usage, which presupposes a grant. See FAIRS; and (English) Public Health Act, 1875, s. 167, the Public Health
Indian title
a right of occupancy that the federal government grants to an American Indian tribe based on the tribe's immemorial possession of the area, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 775.
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