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Catechise

and ignorant persons' of their parishes 'in the Ten Commandments, the Articles of the Belief and in the Lord's Prayer,' on pain of sharp reproof upon the first complaint for neglect of duty, suspension for the second

Transubstantiation

Transubstantiation, 'the change of the substance of the Bread and Wine in the Supper of our Lord' (Art. 28 of the Thirtynine Articles of Religion); 'a conversion of the whole substance of the Bread into … Transubstantiation, 'the change of the substance of the Bread and Wine in the Supper of our Lord' (Art. 28 of the Thirtynine Articles of … by the Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866), required the sovereign 'on the first day of the meeting of the first Parlyament next after his or her

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

foible, passed some severe criticisms on the stateof the criminal law of his day. In more recent times Lord James of Hereford (then Sir Henry James) introduced a criminal appeal bill into the House of Commons,which was … number of years the merits and demerits of criminal appeal have been discussed in this country. In 1844 Sir Fitzroy Kelly, in a remarkable speech in the House of Commons, advocated criminal appeal, the claim to which

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Day

Matched in: Term Day

Workmen's Compensation Act

employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by … 25). Compensation is not payable for an injury which does not disable the workman for at least three days from earning full wages in his employment [s. 1 (1) (a), ibid.], and serious and wilful misconduct may

High Steward, Court of the Lord

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Coke, Sir Edward

Coke, Sir Edward, often, but incorrectly, styled Lord Coke, born in 1551, called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1578, counsel in Shelley's case … judges, and also that he strongly protested against 'the cursed gallows tree' so frequently in use in his day. He died in 1634. Author of the Institutes and The Reports (see those titles), and of an edition

Sessions of the peace

were transferred to district councils by 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73); and licences for theatres outside the Lord Chamberlain's jurisdiction, now granted by county or borough councils, see THEATRE. III. General or Quarter Sessions of the … bys. 10 of the (English) Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, a general annual licensing meeting within the irst fourteen days of February, for licensing alehouses and victualling-houses to sell excisable liquors by retail to be drunk or consumed

Escheat

or echoir, Fr., to happen], a species of reversion; it is a fruit of seigniory, the Crown or lord of the fee, from whom or from whose ancestor the estate was originally derived, taking it as ultimus … Escheat [eschet or echet, formed from the word eschoir or echoir, Fr., to happen], a species of reversion; it is a fruit of seigniory, the Crown or lord of the fee, from whom or … intermediary, the property would vest in the State or, during the British Days, in the Crown (king), Sheo Nand v. Dy. Director of Consolidation, AIR

Protest

The following is a form of protest for non-payment:- On the .......... day of .........., at the request of A.B., bearer of the original bill … Each peer has a right, when he disapproves of the vote of the majority of the House of Lords, to enter his dissent on the Journals of the House, with his reasons for such dissent, which is … Protest, a solemn declaration of opinion, generally of dissent. Each peer has a right, when he disapproves of the vote of

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