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Policies of Insurance, Court of

insurance in London, with an appeal by way of bill to the Court of Chancery. It had been long wholly disused in Blackstone's time, and both the above Acts were repealed by (English) Stat. Law Rev. Act, … was erected in pursuance of 43 Eliz. c. 12, which enabled the Lord Chancellor yearly to grant a standing commission to the Judge of the Admiralty, the Recorder of London, two doctors of the civil law, two

Militia

the Crown to revive them by Order in Council. Voluntary enlistment in the Militia, which was the practice long before the Suspension Act was passed, was regulated by the (English) Militia Act, 1882, replacing the (English) Militia … Militia, the national soldiery, as distinguished from the regular forces or standing army, being the inhabitants, or, as they have been sometimes called, the trained bands of a town or

Reading of a Bill

to be over if the schedule, if any, clause one, the enacting formula, Preamble, if any and the long title of the Bill have been adopted by the House. Then starts the stage of Third Reading when … Bills are referred to Second Reading Committee for consideration in principle. After it the Bill is referred to Standing Committee for detailed examination. Third reading takes place when a Bill is reported from the Committee of the

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Stare decisis

any question as to the Courts being of co-ordinate jurisdiction, a decision which has been followed for a long period of time, and has been acted upon by persons in the formation of contracts or in the … p. 1414. Stare decisis is a well-known doctrine in legal jurisprudence. The doctrine of stare decisis, meaning to stand by decided cases, rests upon the principle that law by which men are governed should be fixed, definite

Building

limited circumstances; that the qualifying flats in one or more structures which had in common use appurtenant premises, Long Acre Securities Ltd. v. Kartt, (2004) 3 WLR 866 (CD): (2004) EWHC 42 (Ch); Landlord and Tenant Act, … which is built specific: (a) as now generally used a fabric or edifice, framed or constructed, designed to stand more or less permanently, and covering a space of land for use as a dwelling, store house, factory,

House of Commons

limited period to resolutions passed by the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Commons (so long as it is a Committee of the whole House) varying or renewing taxation. The Act also makes provision … vol. ix. 246; Solicitors' Journal for February 25th, 1905; Law Times for November 11th, 1905. As the law stands at present, members who are not in receipt of salaries as ministers of the Crown, as officers of

Tenant

SC 449 (452): (1980) Supp SCC 379. Tenant includes ex-tenant against whom eviction decree has been passed so long as he continues in possession, Mani Subrat Jain v. Raja Ram Vohra, AIR 1980 SC 299: (1980) 1 … Act, 1887, ss. 5, 6, 7, 8; Punjab Settlement Manual, 1899, pp. 142. Tenant, is a word which standing by itself denotes in law 'one who holds lands by any kind of title whether for years or

Possession

bailee is the only person who can bring an action for trespass, detinue or conversion if and so long as his contract of bailment has not been exceeded, Donald v. Suckling, 1866 LR 1 QB 585. If

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