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Act of Parliament

Act of Parliament, a law made by the sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons, in Parliament assembled (1 Bl. Com. 85); but, in the case of

Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929

1913 and 1929 (English) (19 Geo. 5, c. 8). These Acts modernize the procedure of the House of Lords as a Court of Appeal. An appeal lies to the House of Lords from any judgment or order … Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929 (English) (19 Geo. 5, c. 8). These Acts modernize the procedure of the

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Judge

two judges. In the Court of Appeal, in addition to the Master of the Rolls, there ae five Lords Justices. The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, and the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division … independence of the judges of the Supreme Court, it is enacted by s. 5 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1875 (replaced by Jud. Act, 1925, s. 12), repeating in effect a provision of the Act of Settlement

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

Killowen (then Sir Charles Russell). And in 1889 Lord Fitzgerald, when introducing a measure into the House of Lords, said that the absene of any provision for rectifying errors andmistakes in criminal cases constituted a blot upon … Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For a great

Tenure

Crown itself. When these tenants granted portions of their lands to inferior persons they were called mesne (middle) lords or barons, with regard to such inferior holders, who were styled tenants paravail, the ultimate tenant in possession, … and petit serjeanty have been saved as incidents in free and common socage by the Law of Property Act, 1922, s. 136. (2) Tenure in burgage [burgus, Lat.] (now abolished, see infra) is where houses, or lands

Fines in copyholds

by 12 Car. 2, c. 24, s. 6, is a sum of money payable by custom to the lord. There are three classes of fines:- (1) those due on the change of the lord; (2) those on … on the change of the tenant; and (3) those for a licence to the tenant to do certain acts. When the fine is due on the change of the lord, such change must be by the act

Heriot

to be derived fr. here, Sax., an army, and geat, provision, Willis, 194. Coke derives it fr. here, lord, and geat, beste, i.e., the lord's beste, Co. Litt. 185 b], the right of the lord of a … Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 732. The extinction of heriots was first attempted by the (English) Copyhold Act, 1841, s. 13. By the (Eng-lish) Copyhold Act, 1852, s. 16, and the Copyhold Act, 1858, ss. 7

Admiralty

is called the First Lord. He is a member of the Cabinet and is assisted by four Sea Lords, now always selected from Officers of the Service, two Civil Lords and a Secretary. Means a court that … Reg. v. Judge of City of London Court, (1892) 1 QB 273; The Zeta, 1893 AC 468, Judicature Act, 1925, s. 22, and Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 58.

Parliament, the Imperial

in the Preamble to the Statute of Westminster 1st, AD 1272. See titles HOUSE OF COMMONS; HOUSE OF LORDS; ACT OF PARLIAMENT; May's Parlia-mentary Practice; Rogers on Elections; and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Parliament.'

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