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L.J.
L.J. Lord Justice of Appeal.
discharge
duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument) ;also : to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable [a formal instrument…may be discharged by either cancellation or surrender "J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo"]
Water and watercourse
Water and watercourse. In the language of the law the term 'land' includes water, 2 Bl. Com. 18. An action cannot be brought to … companies, or in default of agreement by Sir Edward Fry (formerly Fry, L.J.), Sir Hugh Owen, and Sir J.W. Barry. The supply of water to their districts by local authorities was provided for by the (English) Public
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Intoxicating liquor
Intoxicating liquor, the word 'intoxicating liquor' is not confined to potable liquor alone but would include all liquor which contain … or of methylated spirits or spruce, or by the holders of wholesale spirits or wine licences)--one from the justice of the peace, and one from the Inland Revenue, the first discretionary, and the second obtainable as of
Money
pieces as a medium of exchange and measure of value. Hence, anything serving the same purpose as coin, late ME. In mod. use applied indifferently to coin and to such promissory documents representing coin as are currently … authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign Government as a part of its currency, VCC $1-2-1(24).' Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, 5th Edn., defines it as follows: 'Money as currency and not as medals, seems to me to
Money Bill
pieces as a medium of exchange and measure of value. Hence, anything serving the same purpose as coin, late ME. In mod. use applied indifferently to coin and to such promissory documents representing coin as are currently … authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign Government as a part of its currency, VCC $1-2-1(24).' Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, 5th Edn., defines it as follows: 'Money as currency and not as medals, seems to me to
General custom of the Punjab
General custom of the Punjab, General custom - 'the general custom of the Punjab' is inaccurate. Plowden J., in Ralla v. Budha, 50 Pun Re 1893 at p. 223 said, 'it seems expedient to point out … a custom or a general custom of the Punjab, in the same sense as there is a common law of England, - a general custom applicable to all persons throughout the province, subject (like the English common
Confession to a priest
Confession to a priest. The English law does not recognise the duty of a priest (whether Roman Catholic or Anglican) to keep secrets revealed to … Normanshaw v. Normanshaw, (1893) 69 LT 468; Wheeler v. Le Marchant, (1881) 17 Ch D 681; but some judges have disapproved of extorting such secrets [see, e.g., per Best, C.J., in Broad v. Pitt, (1828) 3 C&P
Crown
Crown [fr. Couronne, Fr.; corona, Lat.], an ornamental badge of regal power worn on the head by sovereign princes. The word is frequently used … belonging to him. The Act of Supremacy (English) (1 Eliz. C. 1), 'restoring to the Crown the Ancient Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesistical and Spiritual and abolishing all Foreign Power repugnant to the same,' after repealing 1
Lodging houses, common
Lodging houses, common. The term is defined in the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 235, as 'meaning a … part so used.' As to the test of sleeping and having meals in a common room, see the judgment of Cozens-Hardy, L.J., in this case, and Longdon v. Broadbent, (1877) 37 LT 434. As to this use
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