Local - Law Dictionary Search Results
Custom and usage
continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law among Hindus in any local area, tribe, community, group or family: Provided that the rule is certain and not unreasonable or opposed to
Dangerous structure
Act, 1930 (c. clviii.), ss. 128 et seq, and (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 58, enabling a local authority to apply to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction for an order to the owner to repair or
Adoptive Act of Parliament
Act which comes into operation within a limited area upon being adopted, in manner prescribed therein, by the local authorities or inhabitants of that area, e.g.:- The (English) Vestries Act, 1831 (repealed as to rural parishes by
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Illegal contract
indecent picture, Fores v. Johnes. (1802) 4 Esp 97; or in prejudice to the administration of justice, Windhill Local Board v. Vint, (1890) 45 Ch D 351; or (2) by statute, as by hire of a room
Parochial electors
of parish councillors shall be the persons entitled to vote by the Representation of the People Acts: see Local Government Act, 1933, s. 53, i.e., the local government electors whose names are on the register of electors:
Parish meeting
Parish meeting. Established for every rural parish by the Local Government Act, 1894 (see now Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 43-55,
National insurance
premises not under the control of the employer. (d) (Generally) Employment as an officer or servant of a local or public authority. (e) Employment in plying for hire with a vehicle or vessel the use of which
Money of account, money of measurement money of payment
public money ' and ' loan ' respectively do not include any taxation, money, or loan raised by local authorities or bodies for local purposes.' [(English) Parliament Act, 1911, s. 1 (2).] With respect to these bills,
Midwife
constitutes a Central Midwives Board to regulate the issue of certificates; establishes a 'Midwives Roll'; provides for the local supervision of midwives by county or county borough councils, and otherwise aims at securing the better training of
Magna Carta
chapters relate to the making of bridges and defending of river-banks, a subject which now forms part of local law. The 17th chapter enacts that:-'No sheriff constable, escheator, coroner, nor any other our bailiffs, shall hold pleas
- ‹ Prev
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free