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Presentation, the offering by the patron of a benefice to the ordinary of a person to be instituted to the benefice. It must be in writing (29 Car. 2, c. 3), and is in the nature of letters-missive to the ordinary.The sovereign, as protector ecclesi', is the patron paramount of all benefices which do not belong to other patrons, and usually presents by letters-patent (26 Hen. 8, c. 1; 1 Eliz. c. 1).As to other patrons, the right of presentation is sometimes confounded with that of nomination; but presentation is the offering a person to the bishop, while nomination is the offering such a person to the patron. These two rights may co-exist in different persons; thus where an advowson is vested in trustees or mortgagees they have the right of presentation, while the right of nomination is in the cestui que trust, or mortgagors, but the trustees or the mortgagee must judge of the qualification of the nominee, Mirehouse on Advowsons, 136.A bishop has, by Canon 95 (which abridged the period...
Person of full age
Person of full age, under the Settled Land Act,1925, means a person not being an infant, see Re Earl of Carnarvon's Settled Estates, (1927) 1 Ch 138, and therefore includes a corporation (ibid.). An infant cannot be a tenant for life under s. 19 of the Act....
Minor
Minor, a person under twenty-one years of age. There is no legal distinction between a minor in this sense and an infant. See INFANT. Strictly speaking, in Scotland a minor is a person between the ages of pupilarity and majority--in males from fourteen to twenty-one years and females from twelve to twenty-one years. minors must act with a curator if they have one, whereas pupils (under the age of pupilarity) act through their tutor. These are summary disabilities imposed by Common Law and Statute on minors.It means a person of either sex who is under eighteen years of age. [Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, s. 2 (d)]It means a person who has completed the age of sixteen years but has not completed the age of eighteen years. [Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, s. 2 (cb)]It means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), s. 2 (1) (ff)]It means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. [Citizenship Act, 19...
Maritagium
Maritagium, 1. A lord's right to arrange a married for his infant ward 2. Dower 3. Dowry; a marriage gift, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 980.Maritagium, the portion which is given with a daughter in marriage. Also, the power which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infant ward in matrimony, Spelm. See 1 Reeves (Finlason's Edition), 171....
Label
Label [fr. labellum, Lat.], narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed, writing, to writ, hanging at or out of the same; and an appending seal is called a label (Jac. Law Dict.). As to the seller of a mixed article protecting himself from the penalties of the (English) Sale of Food and Drugs Act,1875, by means of a label, see s. 8 of the Act, and the (English) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31), s. 4, and see ADULTERATION.Means a display of written marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter affixed to, or appearing upon, any container. [Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Food (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution Act, 1992 (41 of 1992), s. 2 (1) (h)]Means any written, marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter, affixed to, or appearing upon, any package. [Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 (60 of 1986), s. 2 (d)]Means any written, printed or graphic matter on the immediate package and on every oth...
Infanticide
Infanticide, means (1) The act of killing a newborn child, esp. by the parents or with their consent, in archaic usage, the word referred also to the killing of an unborn child. Also termed child destruction; neonaticide. (2) The practice of killing newborn children. (3) One who kills a newborn child, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 781.Infanticide, the killing of a child immediately after it is born. The felonious destruction of the feticide, or criminal abortion.In every case in which an infant is found dead, and its death becomes the subject of judicial investiga-tion, the great questions which present themselves for inquiry are:-(1) What is the age of the child?(2) Was the child born alive?(3) If born alive, how long had it lived?(4) If born alive, by what means did it die?If it be proved that its death was owing to violence, it is then to be ascertained who the murderer of it is. If suspicion fall upon the mother, it is to be determined--(1) Whether she has been delivered of ...
Health care system
Health care system, means an institution or organisation engaged, either directly or indirectly, in health care for mothers, infants or pregnant women, and includes a health worker in private practice, a pharmacy, drug store and any association of health workers. [Infant Milk Substitutes Feeding Bottle and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (41 of 1992), s. 2(d)]...
Estate owner
Estate owner. Under the Law of Properties Act, 1925, ss. 1(4) and 205(v.), means the owner of a legal estate (q.v.) in land, but an infant is not capable of being an estate owner. Estate owners include the owners of any legal estate such as tenants in fee simple, lessees, mortgagees having a legal estate, trustees for sale, tenants for life, if of full age, including statutory owners and all persons having the powers of a tenant for life under S.L. Act, 1925, s. 20, personal representatives until they have conveyed the legal estate (Re Bridgett and Hayes, 1928 Ch 163), statutory owners (q.v.). See INFANT; LEGAL ESTATE....
Constructive trust
Constructive trust, a trust which the Court elicits by a construction put upon certain acts of parties. It arises upon a vendor's lien or charge upon land sold for unpaid purchase money, and generally, when an estate is subject to a trust or equitable interest or lien, and a person purchases it for value, with either actual or constructive notice of it, the estate will still be subject to the trust or equitable interest in the hands of such a purchaser.The doctrine of constructive trusts also arises upon the renewal of a lease by a trustee, or person having a limited interest, in his own name, even in the absence of fraud and upon the refusal of the lessor to grant a new lease to the cestui que trust or expectant; for such renewed lease is held upon trust for the person beneficially entitled to the old lease or the expectant, in order to prevent persons in fiduciary situations from acting so as to take a benefit for themselves. This doctrine is extended to the renewal of leases by one ...
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy, means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterised by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (e)-means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterised by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal peri-natal or infant period of development. National Trust for Welfare of persons with Autism Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(c)...
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