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Post office
telegraphy (q.v.) and telephones (q.v.), it carries on the business of a carrier of parcels, a savings bank, life assurance, the transmission of money by postal orders and money orders, and pays old age pensions. See also … and wireless telegraphy (q.v.) and telephones (q.v.), it carries on the business of a carrier of parcels, a savings bank, life assurance, the transmission of money by postal orders and money orders, and pays old age pensions.
Hoveler
One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck a coast boatman
Salvage
The act of saving a vessel goods or life from perils of the sea
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Beneficium competentiae
from being condemned beyond such an amount as they can pay without depriving themselves of the necessaries of life, Cum. C.L. 350. … Beneficium competentiae, a right of certain persons which saves them from being condemned beyond such an amount as they can pay without depriving themselves of the necessaries
Capital offences
the value of 40s. was long a capital offence, with the result that juries, to save a prisoner's life, would often falsely find that valuable goods stolen were of the value of 39s. Sentence of death cannot … dwelling-house up to the value of 40s. was long a capital offence, with the result that juries, to save a prisoner's life, would often falsely find that valuable goods stolen were of the value of 39s. Sentence
Copyright
as aforesaid.' Save as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the term for which copyright subsists is the life of the author and fifty years after his death (ss. 3, 31, 24). The owner may assign his … of which the work may be mechanically performed or delivered, and to authorize any such acts as aforesaid.' Save as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the term for which copyright subsists is the life of the
Wreck
felony. [(English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 49] As to impeding a person saving his own or another's life from a wreck, see Offences against the (English) Person Act, 1861, s. 17. As to assaulting a magistrate,
Life preserver
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Government annuities
a year, the limit under the Act of 1864 having been 50l. a year. At the present time life annuities are granted from the National Debt offices without any limit on the amount, or through the Post … from the National Debt offices without any limit on the amount, or through the Post Office or trustee savings banks up to 330l. a year. The Government Annuities Act, 1929 (c.29), con-solidates with amendments the former Acts.
Homage
joined between the hands of his lord, and said thus:-'I become your man from this day forward, of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you … true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the King.' The lord then kissed him. Homage could
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