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Electoral franchise

freemen, in others by the burgage holders (see BURGAGE TENURE), in others by those paying what corresponded to local rates (see SCOT AND LOT), in others by the potwallers (q.v.), and in others these different qualifications, or

Education

non-provided schools (El. Ed. Act, 1902). The El. Ed. Act, 1918, made provision for the establishment by the local education authorities of continuation schools at which young persons must attend (with certain exceptions). See now the (English)

Drainage

regulated by Part II, ss. 14-52, of the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, which provides (s. 39) that local authorities may enforce drainage of undrained houses, etc. Agricultural.--Drainage for agricultural purposes is provided for by the (English)

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Venereal Disease Act, 1917 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 21). As to defacing advertisements set up by local authorities, see (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 (c. 59), s. 48, and for advertising in streets

Custom

custom is a particular rule which has obtained either actually or presumptively from time immemorial in a particular locality and obtained the force of law in the locality, although contrary to, or not consistent with the general

Postglacial

Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of the glacier from the locality

Cemetery

Koimhthriou, Gk., fr. Koim'w, to set to sleep], a place of burial differing from a churchyard by its locality and incidents; by its locality, as it is separate and apart from any parochial church, though it has

Geographical indication

natural goods or manufactured goods as originating, or manufactured in the territory of country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of such goods is essentially attributable to

Guardian

Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause, any name which is not the name of a country, region or locality of that country shall also be considered as the geographical indication if it relates to a specifies geographical

Police

Police [fr., Gk., a city], the regulation and govern-ment of a country or city; the constabulary of a locality. The police forces now consist of Country, Borough (these may be consolidated, see 3 & 4 Vict. c.

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