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Squibs

Casting squibs in any thoroughfare or public place is an offence punishable by fine. See FIREWORKS. In the leading case of Scott v. Shepherd, (1773) 2 Wm Bl 892, 1 Sm LC, it was held that an … squibs in any thoroughfare or public place is an offence punishable by fine. See FIREWORKS. In the leading case of Scott v. Shepherd, (1773) 2 Wm Bl 892, 1 Sm LC, it was held that an action

Superfluous lands

1932, and see Housing Act, 1936. The law of this subject has given rise to much litigation, the leading case being Great Western Railway Company v. May (1874) LR 7 HL 283. See also Dunhill v. N.E. … and see Housing Act, 1936. The law of this subject has given rise to much litigation, the leading case being Great Western Railway Company v. May (1874) LR 7 HL 283. See also Dunhill v. N.E. Ry

Sic utere tuo ut alienum non l'das

v. Backhouse, (1861) 9 HLC 511; and also Fletcher v. Rylands, (1866) LR 1 Ex 265; 1 Smith's Leading Cases, and the notes thereto

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Measure of damage

subject-matter at the date the contract is broken will as a rule give the measure of damage. The leading case upon the subject is Hadley v. Baxendale, (1854) 9 Exch 341. Profits upon an expected re-sale cannot, … at the date the contract is broken will as a rule give the measure of damage. The leading case upon the subject is Hadley v. Baxendale, (1854) 9 Exch 341. Profits upon an expected re-sale cannot, in

Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English)

HEALTH. Consult Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions, published by 'Law Notes'; Sophian or Safford on the Acts; Cairn's Leading Cases on Rent Restriction; Redman's Landlord and Tenant; and Woodfall, Landlord and Tenant. For Mortgage Restrictions, see MORTGAGE.

Hire

under peculiar regulations consonant with public policy; see those titles respectively, Story on Bailment's, c. vi. Consult Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit, Coggs v. Bernard; Wyatt Paine on Bailment's; Addison or Chitty on Contracts. It means the sum

Compendia sunt dispendia

fontes quam sectari rvulos.'-Co. Litt. 305 b. This passage from Coke is taken as the motto to Smith's Leading Cases.

onchocerciasis

genus Onchocerca especially Onchocerca volvulus Untreated such infections can cause serious dermatological problems and in advanced cases may lead to blindness In certain areas of tropical Africa the blindness caused by onchocerciasis is called river blindness

Habitually

a particular person is a 'dangerous person' unless there is material suggesting his complicity in such cases, which lead to a reasonable conclusion that the person is a habitual criminal. The word 'habit-ually' means 'usually' and 'generally'.

Ghost dance

the western tribes of the United States only in the case of the Sioux owing to local causes leading to an outbreak … powers The religion spread through a majority of the western tribes of the United States only in the case of the Sioux owing to local causes leading to an outbreak

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