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Tort
389]; an action against a carrier for loss of goods by refusal to stop in transitu [Pontifex v. Mid. Ry. Co., (1877) 3 QBD 23]; and an action for injury to a railway passenger [Kelly v. Metropolitan … injury for which, apart from the contract, he could have recovered damages, it is a tort, although it may also be a breach of contract and not less if the tort has been suffered in the execution
Salic, or Salique
succeed their father, Encyc. Londin.; preferring males but not excluding females in default of male successors; see Hallam's Mid. Ages, note 3 to c. 2, p. 278. … consequently was of more service. In proof of this, the title of allodial lands of the Salic law may be thus stated:- (1) If a man die without issue, his father or mother shall succeed him. (2)
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Bishop
13; and as to bishops suffragan, see SUFFRAGAN. As to the position of bishops in Parliament, see Hall. Mid. Ages, ch. Viii.; Lord Selborne's Defence of the Church against Disestablishment, 5th 3d., 24-26 (45); and the Welsh … the dean and chapter; and if they fail to make election in twelve days, the king, by letters-patent, may nominate whom he pleases. A bishop is said to be installed, and there are four things necessary to
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