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keeper : one that takes care of and often is legally responsible for something [a dog's ] [a of the property] ...
Hotel-keeper
Hotel-keeper. See INNKEEPER....
Keeper of the Great Seal, Lord
Keeper of the Great Seal, Lord, a judicial officer who used to be appointed in lieu of the Lord Chancellor, 5 Eliz. c. 18. (Working Journalistsand Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955)...
Keeper of the Privy Seal
Keeper of the Privy Seal, now called the Lord Privy Seal, through whose hands all charters, etc., pass before they come to the Great Seal. The office of Lord Privy Seal is always held by a Cabinet Minister....
Keeper of the Queen's prison
Keeper of the Queen's prison. This officer was appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department during pleasure, Abolished 25 & 26 Vict. c. 104....
Keepers of the Liberty of England
Keepers of the Liberty of England. See CUSTODES LIBERTATIS, etc....
Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)
Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English). By the Act of 1885 the procuration of women under twenty-one, and illicit though un-resisted intercourse with girls between thirteen and sixteen, are made misdemeanours, brothel-keepers are made liable to summary proceedings, and prisoners charged with sexual offences are allowed to give evidence on their own behalf. The Act is amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act,1912, which empowers a constable to arrest without a warrant any person offending against the Act of 1885, provides the flogging offenders, and maks better provision for the suppression of brothels and prostitution. The Act of 1922 provides that the consent to an act of indecency by a child or young person under sixteen shall be no defence to a charge of indecent assault (s. 1). Reasonable cause to believe that a girl was over sixteen shall notbe a defence to a charge undr ss. 5 and 6 of the Act of 1885 (i.e., defilement of a girl between thirteen and sixteen, or permi...
Escape
Escape [fr. echapper, Fr., to fly from], a violent or private evasion out of some lawful restraint; as where a man is arrested or imprisoned, and gets away before he is delivered by due course of law. Escapes are either in civil or criminal cases.(1) Civil. The abolition of imprisonment for debt has rendered this all but obsolete, and the sheriff is expressly discharged from any liability by s. 31 of the Prison Act, 1877, repealed and re-enacted by s. 16, sub-s. 2, and s. 39 of the (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887. Escapes are either voluntary, by the express consent of the keeper, after which he never can take his prisoner again (though the plaintiff may retake him at any time), but the sheriff had to answer for the debt, and he had no remedy over against the person escaping; or, negligent, where a prisoner escapes without his keeper's knowledge or consent, and then upon fresh pursuit the defendant may be retaken, even on a Sunday, and the sheriff was excused, if he had him again, before ...
Gaming or gambling
Gaming or gambling, the playing any game of chance, as cards, dice, etc., for money, or money's worth.The still unrepealed 33 Hen. 8, c. 9, prohibits the keeping of any common house for dice, cards, or any unlawful games, under penalties of 40s. for every day of so keeping the house, and 6s. 8d. for every time of playing therein; and the (English) Gaming Act, 1738 (12 Geo. 2, c. 28) (applied by the Gaming Act, 1739 (13 Geo. 2, c. 19), to all games with dice, except backgammon, and by the (English) Gaming Act, 1744 (18 Geo. 2, c. 34), to 'roulet, otherwise roly-poly'), declares hazard and other games to be lotteries, so that the keepers of tables for them are liable to penalties under the (English) Lotteries Act, 1721 (8 Geo. 1, c. 2), the (English)Lotteries Act, 1710 (9 Anne, c. 6), and the Lotteries Act, 1698 (10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17); the system ofincorporation of previous statutes by referencebeing carried very far in gaming legislation.Gaming in Public-houses, etc.--Sect. 79 of the (E...
Usher
Usher [fr. huis, Fr., a door], a door-keeper, an officer who keeps silence in a Court. the office of Usher of the Court of Chancery was abolished by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 87, s. 27.A door-keeper responsible for maintaining silence and order in some English Courts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1542....
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