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Man, Isle of
Man, Isle of (Mona), in the Irish Sea, off the coast of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, granted by Henry the Fourth and James the First to members of the Stanley family, whose successor in the female line, the Duke of Athol, sold it to the Crown for 70,000l., being about ten years' purchase of the annual revenue, by the Isle of Man Purchase Act, 1765 (5 Geo. 3, c. 26).The Isle of Man is not subject to British Acts of Parliament unless expressly named therein (as in the Customs Acts, for the purposes of which, by s. 277 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, it is deemed part of the United Kingdom), being legislated for by its own Parliament, called the House of Keys, but an Isle of Man (Customs) Act, is passed every year by the Imperial Parliament....
Isle of man
Isle of man. See MAN, ISLE OF....
British Islands
British Islands. In (English) Acts of Parliament the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, see (English) Interpretation Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 68)British islands, are the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 805, p. 253....
Commercial assets
Commercial assets, of a building society comprise the society's class 1, class 2 and 3 assets. The aggregate of a society's class 1, class 2 and class 3 assets constitutes the total commercial assets of the society. Class 1 assets comprise class 1 advances secured on land in the United Kingdom or on land in the Isle of Man, the Channel Island or Gibraltar. Class 2 assets comprise class 2 advances secured on land in the United Kingdom or on land in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or Gibraltar. Class 3 assets comprise loons for mobile homes, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. (2), para 762, p. 464....
Sheading
Sheading, a riding, tithing, or division in the Isle of Man, where the whole island is divided into six sheadings, in each of which there is a coroner or chief constable appointed by a delivery of a rod at the Tinewald Court or annual convention, King's Isle of Man, 7...
Mona
Mona, the Isle of Anglesea; also the Isle of Man...
Sodor and man, Bishopric of
Sodor and man, Bishopric of, annexed to the pro-vince of York by Henry VIII, 33 Hen. 8, c. 31.See 1 & 2 Vict. c. 30, repealing partially 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 77. The bishop is not a lord spiritual, the lands with which the see was endowed being held, not of the king directly, but of a subject, who nominated the bishop, till 1829, when the lordship of the Isle of Man was purchased by the Crown (Lord Selborne's Defence of the Church of England, 5th Edn. p. 45)....
Time
Time. before 1751 the legal year in England began on the 25th March, therein differing from the common usage in the whole kingdom, and the legal method in Scotland. In 1751 the Gregorian, or present, calendar was substituted for the Julian Calendar by 24 Geo. 2, c. 23.1. A measure of duration 2. A point in or period of duration at or during which something is alleged to have occurred 3. Slang. A convicted criminal's period of incarceration, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Time in Acts of Parliament (see, e.g., the definition of night in the Larceny Act) and legal instruments means, in Great Britain, Greenwich mean time, and in Ireland, Dublin mean time, by virtue of the Statute (Definition of Times) Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 9). See, however, Gordon v. Cann, (1899) 68 LJQB 434. The effect of the Summer Time Act, 1922, continued annually, should be noted. The time for Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man is one hour in advance of Greenwich time dur...
Lockman
Lockman, an officer in the Isle of Man, to execute the orders of the governor, much like our under-sheriff. Also an old Scots term for the hangman; so called because one of his dues consisted in taking a small ladleful (Scottice, lock) of meal out of every caskful exposed in the market....
Imperial preference
Imperial preference. Preferential customs, rates and other trade advantages agreed to be conceded by the British Government of the United Kingdom on goods consigned from and grown, produced or manufactured in the British Empire, i.e. (for this purpose), the Dominions including India, terri-tories under protection and mandated territories, by Order in Council. See (English) Finance Act, 1919, s. 8, as amended by the Import Duties Act, 1932, s. 1; and see (English) the Ottawa Agreements Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 32), giving effect to the Ottawa Conference by modification of customs duties and providing further for Imperial pre-ference; see also (English) Isle of Man Customs Acts, 1933 and 1934....
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