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Bill
House of Lords and in practice only routine and non-controversial Legislation is initiated in the Upper House. The office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth, Philip Laundy, p. 45. Means a draft of Legislative proposal … may be introduced either in the House of Commons or in the House of Lords but a great majority are introduced in the lower House; Generally, no Bill involving finance may be introduced in the House of
Holding
cultivated as a market garden, and which is not let to the tenant during his continuance in any office, appointment or employment held under the landlord.' The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, … include an allotment garden or include any land cultivated as a garden unless it is cultivated wholly or mainly for the purpose of the trade or business of market gardening but, except as aforesaid, means 'any parcel
Closure
protracted the debate on the motion for leave to bring in the Protection of Person and Property Bill. Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 139. Means a decision by … Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 362(LS). Is the procedure by which a debate may be terminated by a majority decision of the House, even through all members wishing to speak have not done so. In the House
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Explanation
Explanation, an 'explanation' merely widens the scope of the main s. and is not meant to carve out a particular exception to the contents of the main s., … member makes it in goodfaith, abuse of this right by a member constitutes grave contempt of Parliament, the office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Common-wealth Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 560. Is a mutual defining
Public Works Loans Act, 1875 (English)
Scotland, by either burial or parochial boards; construction or improvement of canals; conservation or improvement of rivers of main drainage; docks, harbours, and piers, and any work for which the Public Works Loan Commissioners are authorized to … board in Scotland; police stations and justices' rooms of any county or borough in Great Britain, and the offices connected therewith, also sheriff Court buildings in Scotland; prisons, public libraries and museums; any school-house or work for
Railway
see Hodges on Railways. The publication of fares at every station 'in a conspicuous place in the booking office 'is enjoined on the companies by s. 15 of the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868, without any … of the companies are expressly saved; and the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, which applies to the vast majority of the lines, empowers every company to which it applies ''to use and employ locomotive engines or other
Marriage
a building registered for marriages, and in the presence of the registrar, or by the registrar in his office, solemnized within the hours of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. [Marriage (Extension of Hours) Act, 1934], and preceded … c. 119), all, whether Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, or others, being treated on the same footing, and is now mainly regulated by the (English) Marriage Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 58). This Act dispenses with the
Roman Catholics
that of 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 7), for enfranchisement and qualification for seat in Parliament, being the main factors in the removal, and the Roman Catholic Charities Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 115), … that nothing in it shall extend to enable 'any person professing the Roman Catholic religion to hold the office of regent,' nor 'to enable any person, otherwise than he is now by law enabled,' to hold the
Workmen
Workmen, if a person is mainly doing supervisory work, but, incidentally or for a fraction of the time, also does some clerical work, it … (s. 38); and see the Act of 1935 (c. 6) and (English) Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935, s. 54; officers of the Board are to determine applications (s. 39); appeals are provided for by s. 36. Secs. 44
Mortmain
Mortmain [fr. mort, Fr., dead, and main hand], such a state of possession of land as makes it inalienable; whence it is said to be … Charitable Uses Act, 1888, are no longer required, and the assurance or instrument must be sent to the offices of the Charity Commissioners within six months after execution or permitted extension to be recorded. This does not
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