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Betterment

& 23 Geo. 5, c. 48), s. 21, which, upon or apart from any question of compensation, allows local authorities to claim for betterment. See Re Webster, 51 TLR 201. See also (English) Public Health Act, 1925,

Costs

or county borough out of which they are payable under this Act (in this Act referred to as local funds). (2) The costs which may be so directed to be paid are such sums as, subject to

Coroner

(English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and in counties by the County Council, under s. 5 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888, prior to which Act county coroners were elected by the freeholders in each county. An

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Constable

all boroughs to which that Act applies, 'borough constables' are appointed by the Watch Committee, but the (English) Local Government Act,1888, has, in the case of boroughs having a population of less than 10,000 transferred the appointments

Bulk

4) for the 'supply of electricity in bulk,' which means (s. 25) to supply electricity- (a) to any local authority, company, or person authorized to distribute electricity to be used for the purposes of distribution, or (b)

British possession

exclusive of the United Kingdom, and where parts of those dominions are under both a Central and a Local Legislature, all part under the Central Legislature shall for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be

Boats

Boats. By s. 94 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, local authorities may license pleasure boats; see also (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 267. See Chitty's Statutes; and

Bill in Parliament

the countries of England, Scotland, or Ireland generally, or a very important part of them, as London; (2) local and personal, affecting particular areas only, as railway construction bills, water or gas supply bills, etc.; or (3)

Bicycles

Bicycles. The use of these and similar machines, formerly regulated by byelaws made by local authorities under the (English) Highways Act of 1878, and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, is regulated by s.

bylaw

bylaw [Middle English bilage bilawe local law, probably ultimately from Old Norse bȳr town + lg law] 1 : a rule adopted by an

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