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Trinobantes, Trinonantes, or Trinovantes, inhabitants of Britain, situated next to the Cantii northward, who occupied, according to Camden and Baxter, that country which now comprises the counties of Essex and Middlesex, and some part of Surrey. But if Ptolemy be not mistaken, their territories were not so extensive in his time, as London did not then belong to them. The name seems to be derived from this three following British words:-Trie, now, hant, i.e., inhabitants of the new city (London), Encyc. Londin....
Unclaimed property
Unclaimed property. This devolves on the Crown at Common Law. Unclaimed property may be dealt with under the heads of (1) Government Stock, (2) Chancery Funds, (3) Stock in Public Companies, (4) Bankers' Balances, (5) Deposits with Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property.(1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 provides that stock on which no dividend has been claimed for ten years must be transferred to the National Debt Commissioners. Lists of names in which the stock stood, with residence, description and amount of stock and date of transfer, are to be kept at the Bank of England [or Ireland, but see 13 Geo. 5, c. 2, s. 6 (d)] and at the National Debt Office, open to inspection, and also kept in duplicate at the National Debt Office. The stock may be re-transferred to persons showing title after, in the case of stock exceeding 20l., three months' public notice by advertisement. A sec...
University
University, an association of learners, and of teachers and examiners of the learners, upon whose report the association grants upon whose report the association grants titles called 'degrees' (such as 'Master of Arts,' 'Doctor of Divinity'), showing that the holders have attained some definite proficiency.The English Universities are those of Oxford, Cambridge (incorporated by 13 Eliz. c. 29, by the two names of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Cambridge respectively, with the direction that they shall be called and named by none other name for evermore), Durham, London, Victoria of Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, and East Midland University Nottingham, the graduates of which (see University of Liverpool Act, 1904; (English) University of Leeds Act, 1904; and (English) Sheffield University Act, 1914) have equal statutory privileges and exemptions; and Reading University (see 18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 25). There is also the Uni...
Interest
Interest, an interest for the purposes of the regula-tion was not limited to a direct financial interest and included membership of a panel such as the panel of which the claimant's solicitors were members that, therefore, the Claimant's Solicitors had had an interest in recommending the insurance which they recommend to her; that, in the circumstances, there had not been sufficient disclosure of that interest; and that, accordingly, there had been a material breach of regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) and the conditional fee agreement was unenforceable [See (English) Conditional Fee Agreements Regulation, 2000 (SI 2000/692), reg. 4(2)(c)(e)(ii)], Garrett v. Halton BC, (2007) 1 WLR 554 CA Cir.Interest, inter alia as the compensation fixed by agreement or allowed by law for the use or detention of money, or for the loss of money by one who is entitled to its use; especially, the amount owed to a lender in return for the use of the borrowed money [Black's Law Dictionary (7th Edn.) pp. 393-94 para 3...
Wharfage
Wharfage, money paid for landing goods at a wharf, or for shipping and taking goods into a boat or barge thence. Raichand Amulakh Shah v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 1268; see London County Council v. General Steam Nav. Co. Ltd., (1907) 97 LT 863; and Harbours and Clauses Act, 1847, and Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, supra.It means the charge levied on goods for not removing them from the railway after the expiry of the free time for such removal. [Railways Act, 1989, s. 2 (41)]As the wharfage and demurrage are charges in respect of goods unloaded from wagons and kept at the station, and also in respect of goods kept on platforms of the station, the said charges could certainly be described as charges in respect of the station, Raichand Amulkah Shah v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 1268 (1271): (1964) 5 SCR 148. [Railways Act, 1890, s. 3(14)]1. The fee paid for landing, loading or unloading goods on a wharf2. The accommodation for loading or unloading goods on a wharf, Black's...
Jury
Jury [fr. jurata, Lat.; jure, Fr.], a number of persons sworn to deliver a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue.Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon times. One of the judicial customs of the Saxons was that a man might be cleared of an accusation of certain crimes, if an appointed number of persons (juratores, or more properly compurgatores) came forward and swore to a veredictum, that they believed him innocent. It is remarkable that for accusations of any consequence among the Saxons on the continent, twelve juratores was the number required for an acquittal. Similar customs may be observed in the laws of Athens and Rome, where dikaotai and judices answer to jurors, an of the continental Angli and Frisiones, though the number of jurors varied.See, as to the introduction and growth of trial by jury in England, Forsyth's History of Trial by Jury; and for comments on and proposed amendments of the law, see Erle's Jury Laws and their Amendment, pu...
Physician
Physician, one who professes the art of healing.The necessity of placing under supervision the practitioners of physic and surgery appears early in the statute-book; for by the still unrepealed 3 Hen. 8, c. 11, it is enacted, that no person within London or seven miles thereof, shall practise as a physician or surgeon without examination and licence of the Bishop of London or Dean of St. Paul's (duly assisted by the faculty); or beyond these limits without licence from the bishop of his diocese or his vicar-general similarly assisted, sav-ing the privileges of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. The superintendence of the bishops was taken away by a royal charter dated 23rd September, 1858 (10 Hen. 8), which incorporated the physicians. By 14 & 15 Hen. 8, c. 5, this charter was confirmed, and a perpetual college of physicians established with a constitution of eight elects, etc. The subsequent history of the college is sufficiently traced in 23 & 24 Vict. c. 66, which provides fo...
Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English)
Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English). A series of statutes, each of a temporary character, curtailing the contractual rights, in respect of certain classes of property, of landlords and mortgagees. This legislation was rendered necessary, in the first instance, by the conditions caused by the outbreak of the Great War. The continuance of the protection to tenants and mortgagees of dwelling-houses afforded by the later Acts was made necessary by the housing shortage, caused principally by the economic effects of the war. The Courts (Emergency Powers) Act,1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 78), was the first of such Acts: it restricted the right to levy distress or resume possession of property by landlords and of mortgagees to foreclose or realize their security. This Act was followed by a series of complicated statutes which imposed restrictions on increasing the rent and mortgage interest on properties falling within their scope. the obscure and ambiguous drafting of these ...
Chamberiain
Chamberiain [fr. Chambellan, Fr., custos cubiculi, cubicularius, Lat.], a person who has the management or direction of a chamber or chambers. It is variously used in our laws, statutes, and chronicles. Among the most important are (1) The Lord Great Chamberlain, an hereditary officer of the Crown, whose chief duties are performed at a Coronation, and who can appoint a deputy subject to the approval of the king (see CENSOR). (2) The Lord Chamberlain of the Household, an officer appointed by the sovereign, on the nomination of the Prime Minister; he has the oversight of all officers belonging to the king's household, and by the (English) Civil List Act, 1781 (22 Geo. 3, c. 82), s. 13, the care of the royal furniture, pictures and plate. He has also by the Theatres Act, 1843 (see THEATRE), the control of the London Theatres.The places in the House of Lords of 'the great Chamberleyn' and 'the King's Chamberleye' respectively are fixed by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10. (3) The Chamberlain of London kee...
Husting
Husting [fr. hus-thing, A.-S.]. council, curt, tribunal; apparently so called from being held within a building at a time when other courts were held in the open air. It was a local curt. The county curt in the city of London bore this name. There were hustings at York, Winchester, Lincoln, and in other places, similar to the London hustings, Madox, Hist. Excheq., c. xx. Also the raised wooden platform from which candidates for seats in Parliament, prior to the (English) Ballot Act, 1872, addressed the constituency on the occasion of their public oral nomination, and from which a show of hands was taken by the returning officer.A deliberative assembly, esp. one called by kingor other loader, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 746...
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