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Eminent domain and police powers-distinction
distinct. Under the police power many restrictions may be imposed and the property may even be destroyed without compensation being given, whereas under the power of eminent domain, the property may be appropriated to public use on
Bote
or fences. The word also signifies reparation for any damage or injury done, as man-bote, which was a compensation or amends for a man slain, etc., 2 Bl. Com. 35; Jac. Law Dict. A compensation or profit;
Bastard
is not by reason of illegitimacy prevented from being a 'dependant' within the meaning of the (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, s. 13. The definitions of dependants in (English) Lord Campbell's Act (Fatal Accidents Act, 1846) only
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Arbitration
procedure excluding the Arbitration Act, e.g., Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923; the Industrial Courts Act, 1919; and the Workmen's Compensation Acts, which provide for arbitration in accordance with Sched. II. of the Act of 1906 as amended by
Allotments
1908, and s. 1 of the Act of 1922), and provides, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, for compensation to an outgoing tenant by the landlord for growing crops, manure, improvement, etc. (s. 47 of the Act
Disturbance
disturbance of (1) franchise, (2) common, (3) ways, (4) tenure, and (5) patronage, 3 Steph. Com. As to compensation for disturbance under the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 9), see s. 12,
Compounding
offence is virtually an offence against the public, for the party injured may maintain an action to recover compensation in damages. See Keir v. Leeman, (1844) 6 QB 308; (1846) 9 QB 371; Odgers on the Common
Contribution clause
contrary, the assured may effect as many policies as he pleases: but where the contract is one of indemnity, Hebdon v. West, (1863) 3 B & S 579.
Counter security
given to one who has entered into a bond or become surety for another; a countrvailing bond of indemnity.
Crown
therein-as, e.g., in the ArbitrationAct, 1889, by s. 23; the Bankruptcy Act, 1914, by s. 151; the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, by s. 9; and the Patents, etc., Act, 1907, by s. 29. See also KING. As
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